Chinese nationalism

War has a dark, funny way of underlining the incongruities of warfare. Irony has a strong presence in Erich Maria Remarque's novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. Set in the German lines of the Western Front in the First World War, Paul Baumer and other young men, such as Albert and Müller, volunteer to be soldiers after their schoolteachers persuaded them. At the front, they admire Kat for his practical skills and reliable instincts. On the opposite is Himmelstoss, a largely inept leader who…

What were causes world war 1? If you ask that question some people might tell you to remember the word “main” which stands for militarism,alliances,imperialism and nationalism, why do they say to remember main? Because World War One revolved around those four words and were some major causes of it. For a state to be powerful it had to have a powerful army that way it could protect its interests and policies. Strong armies and navies were needed so they could defend their home and to protect…

while Dekker et al (2003) defines nationalism as feeling a sense of belonging towards their own nation, and desiring to establish and maintain a separate and independent state for their own nation. The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for its achievement whereas the nationalists are proud of their country regardless of its achievement; patriotism tends to create a feeling of blind arrogance while nationalism can induce the sense of…

Few schools of thought have had such an impact on the discipline of archaeology as processualism did in the mid twentieth century (Trigger 2006). Processualism, or the new archaeology, revolutionised the way archaeologists thought and worked with its effects lasting until today both directly and indirectly. Even in modern archaeological settings, processual approaches define the discipline with archaeologists generally describing themselves as processual or post-processual. Although this…

progressive nationalism. It summarizes it as thus: "Left-wing nationalism describes a form of nationalism officially based upon equality, popular sovereignty, and national self-determination. It has its origins in the Jacobinism of the French Revolution. Left-wing nationalism typically espouses anti-imperialism. It stands in contrast to right-wing nationalism, and has often rejected racist nationalism and fascism." That seems like a pretty succinct and accurate definition of the form of…

Industrialization, or the transformation of an economy from being agriculturally based to being based on manufactured goods, created a higher sense of nationalism within Europe. Nationalism was taken a step further in the late 1800’s with imperialism, or the direct controlling of other countries for political and economic benefits. By increasing nationalism, in addition to wealth, industrialization and imperialism spurred European competition, which ultimately catalyzed the continent’s movement…

the twentieth century when he warns about the danger of nationalism once liberalism fades away. Godwin originally wrote the essay in 1900. Within the essay, he argues that liberalism rose as a consequence of the corruption and abuse suffered under monarchies. Towards the end, Godwin mentions how nationalism is now dominating over liberalism, and he expresses his fears of this “old foe under a new name.” Godwin discusses how under nationalism, people who criticize the foreign policy of their…

Kurdish identity. Likewise, he notes that the Yezidis and Alevis have often seen themselves as ethnically different from their fellow Sunni Kurds, constituting a whole different type of ethnic nationalism (Mullas 53). I will go into more detail about these other Kurdish religions’ relationship to nationalism, however, what is ultimately important is that with these divisions among Kurdish groups, again the modern questions of what is a Kurd becomes intricately tied to ones’ religious…

systems of other nations, to improve their own. Secondly, she argues that they would be better able to solve global issues, such as that of pollution and global warming, if they are more willing to work together rather than reverting to competitive nationalism. Both arguments seem sound and would fit into the conceptualization of cosmopolitanism I am presenting…

Thesis The process through which the United States engages in State building, is rooted in the interplay of state formation and empire building that the US underwent, following its independence, as it expanded westwards; US led state formation and attempts at democracy building can therefore be understood as a continuation of American imperial goals. Outline In this paper, we will explore the connection between the roles that the US attempts to plays internationally, developing democratic…