“’New Scottish Cinema’ suggests a new wave of film production and is often attributed to filmmaking that considers itself alternative or oppositional to other forms of mainstream cinema”, David Martin Jones, (2005:11). Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1995) is a film that worked around the social, political and cultural development in Britain in the late 20th Century. It gives rise to questions of identity, culture, and community. The main theme in this film is about a group of friends with a heroin…
naturally assume their own customs are the best way of going about things; looking at other cultures helps them to see where they have room for improvement. Nussbaum uses the example of childcare, they might also look at the healthcare 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.…
The identities I think about the most would be my race, ethnicity, national origin and socio-economic class. The 1st two I have thought about more and more in the last few countries especially in light of the publication of more and more African-Americans. As I see the media every day I feel like I am always reminded of it and how I have to always make sure that I act in a way that others cannot use to discredit my race or try to undermine my achievements to “oh you only got that…
1- Can any nation-state be considered a ‘civic’ nation? It is critical to commence with a definition of the concept at the heart of the discussion as a way of setting the stage for the present discourse. The concept of civic nationhood is applied in reference to the identity in politics formed from common citizenship that thrives in a liberal state (Smith, 2013). The concept of a civic nation, therefore, goes beyond subjective variables, such as culture, language, customs or traditions of the…
In the beginning, there was only Adam and Eve, one people and one identity. At the eleventh generation came Noah’s and that was when we saw the first signs of different people groups. The people all spoke one language on the earth and when they tried to build a tower to reach God, God humbled them by confusing their language so that they did not understand each other and was forced to abandon the project. People dispersed over the face of the earth and hence we saw the separation of people, the…
Post cold war, USA was intensely required in the unifying of nations and states, going about as a figurehead of military backing and exercising its political presence in the East Asian region (Cha, 2010). However, the recent decades have witnessed an expanding measure of East Asian territorial participation through memorandums of understandings, financial associations, economic partnerships and enactments supporting imports and exports nations inside East Asia. This expanded cooperation…
Common national identity is an important and valuable quality of most states but the degree in which it is threatened by immigrants is often overstated. Though not common, instances arise through immigration which truly threaten the common life enjoyed by members of a state. In these instances, I believe that exclusion can be justified if the reasons for immigration are of a particular variety. I will outline in this essay with reference to Carens, Miller and Blake how I believe immigration…
time, but he instead surprised the nation by delivering a speech on the America’s crisis of confidence instead. In “The Crisis of Confidence Speech”, he addresses the country saying that the biggest problem the nation faces at the time is that it lacks the will and confidence of the people to do great things. At this time the nation was in the midsts of the Cold War with the Soviet Unions as well as Middle Eastern problems led to major spikes in oil prices. The nation has lost hope and his…
Song of Myself “Song of Myself”, which is famous for “representing the core of Whitmans poetic vision” (Greenspan) was written in 1881 by Walt Whitman. This poem is baffling to many people because of both the symbolism and wordplay. Walt Whitman begins by introducing the subject in the poem, which is himself and he goes on by celebrating this theme. Whitman utilizes words such “I”, “myself” and his inner soul to generate a feel of being and depiction in specific sects of the poem. Whilst it…
set as more of a priority to resent another nation than to just simply be proud and satisfied of an individual home nation. (2) The source disagrees with nationalism, but encourages the love of one’s country by means of patriotism. (3) Some people will argue that all forms of nationalism have negative effects. However, when…