Question

Is it true that nationalism is a peculiarly modern phenomenon?​

Answer 1

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Modern Nationalism

Historian Richard Bourke on the components of nationalism, national identity, and the role of ideology and the state

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Let me, first of all, explain what nationalism is. My view is that nationalism involves different component parts. To begin with, nationalism must involve some theory of the party. I mean, after all, nationalism is a property of a state or more generally conceived of a party. At the same time, it must have something to do with forms of allegiance and more attachment to public power, and in a party. These are the two things that I want to consider.

But let me take the first one first and to say that nationalism has relevance to the theory of a party because in a way this is a tricky one. That, in turn, involves to subordinate a concept. First of all, without any party, it obviously is constituted by the population that must involve some view of what constitutes people – what constitutes the Romans, what constitutes the Lithuanians, what constitutes the Russians. But at the same time, it doesn’t just involve as it were the way in which population constitutes people, but also the form of regime, under which they exist. So, a theory as it were of peoplehood and the theory of the regime form. That’s the theory of the state component.

The second component is allegiance under it or attachments to a party. Sometimes it’s called patriotism or loyalty, or identification, which is sometimes why nationalism becomes involved in the discussion about identity, because of identification with a party, or equally identification with one another. That is to say the people themselves as constituting the party.

So,

Answer 2

Nationalism, is a sense of belongingness towards a nation that drives individuals to transform their thoughts and ideas into organised deeds of collective action. It is true that it is a peculiar modern phenomenon, and is associated with the emergence of modern