Category: Nationalism

  • History and Impacts of Nationalism

    Nationalism is a divisive issue. World history has plenty of examples of positive and negative effects of nationalism, and its implications are often contradictory. This paper explores the impacts of nationalism and its origins. Table of Contents Introduction Nationalism History Overview Negative Effects of Nationalism Positive Effects of Nationalism Nationalism as a part of Comparative…

  • Significance of Nationalism: Positive and Negative

    While writing about the benefits and disadvantages of nationalism, I would like to consider some fundamentals of patriotic principles. So, first of all, there is a need to point out that Nationalism, the most potent principle of political legitimacy in the modem world, holds that the nation should be collectively and freely institutionally expressed, and…

  • Nationalism in The Wind that Shakes the Barley

    Table of Contents Introduction Terrorism and assassination were used effectively Devotion to an Ideology A Political Arm That Is Well-Defined The General Publics Support Military Hierarchy That Has Been Developed Use of Guerrilla Tactics Effectively Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In the film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, the portrayal of patriotism and the concept…

  • World War I: Nationalism and the US Impact

    Table of Contents Alliances The US Interfering The US Impact References Considering the belief that loyalty should be the greatest when it comes to nation and culture, nationalism is a way to describe this attitude. In the case of WWI, nationalism led to the development of a competitive worldwide environment where each country felt the…

  • Impact of World War II on Balkan Nationalism, States and Societies

    World-War II spanned the period of six years (from 1939 to 1945) and marked a major turn in human history through massive human slaughter, an unprecedented level of property destruction, power tussle, as well as a significant level of scientific and technological advancement which ushered in the nuclear age, and afterward a dramatic recovery of…

  • Three Cases of Terrorism: Ideological, Nationalist and Religious

    Terrorism is as old as the worlds history. It has been used throughout history by various groups and countries. To some people it is a strategy, crime, holy duty or tactic depending on which side one looks at it from. Some say terrorism is necessary as a reaction to repression while others see it as…

  • When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism Article Review

    In his article entitled When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism, Jonathan Haidt explains why right-wing populism is increasingly gaining popularity in Western democracies. The article starts with the author citing the rise of Donald Trump in the US and the assortment of right-wing parties in Europe following the June 23 Brexit vote. Haidt compares these…

  • When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism Article Review

    In his article entitled When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism, Jonathan Haidt explains why right-wing populism is increasingly gaining popularity in Western democracies. The article starts with the author citing the rise of Donald Trump in the US and the assortment of right-wing parties in Europe following the June 23 Brexit vote. Haidt compares these…

  • The Role of Nationalism in the Two World Wars

    Nationalism is claimed to be one of the main causes of World War I. This article provides a critical analysis of the causal relationships between nationalism and World War I in different countries. The author found that the war was encouraged by elites and supported by the masses, but it did not emerge due to…

  • Pan-Slavism and Nationalism as Causes of World War I

    Both nationalism and imperialism were major forces that drove the alliances toward the war. The Pan-Slavic movement itself was not created specifically by Russia to achieve its political goals. It was originally coined by various Slavic intellectuals, and at the beginning of the XX century, Frantiaek Palacký invited various historians and other scientists to visit…