Japan Influence On National Identity

People, as a whole, obliviously distinguish themselves and others at a collective and individual level, and express, feel and embody a sense of national identity. Individual identity mostly depends on contemplating with social tools and acting in social ways, whether instinctively or not. One must understand that identity is a process, not an essence. It is continually being remade in consistent ways, through an internal-external logic involving a combination of internal self-definition and other opinions.
Typically, a sense of national identity emerges when a nation feels threaten by another nation that is much greater and much more stable. Due to that threat, the lesser nation possesses this innate need to prove that they are a cohesive …show more content…
Most literature on nationalism and national identity has been dominated by a focus on the historical origins of a nation; therefore, in this proposal I will examine how the historical legacies of Japan and India contributed to the formation of their national identity. As we have learned, national identity is when people of a nation share a common set of cultural and traditional values, languages, history, and religion. In retrospect, national identity reflects the idea of belonging to a nation. For this paper, I will be focusing on Japan and India’s quest to form a national identity and its efforts to create a long lasting and strong …show more content…
17). The Meiji Era, also known as the Meiji Restoration, was a political revolution that ended the Tokugawa Era. Japan went from military governance to direct imperial rule. During the Meiji Era, there were major political, economic, and social change throughout the country, which brought the emergence of modernization and