Question

" nationalism no longer retained its idealistic liberal democratic sentiment by the last quarter of the 19th century in Europe " analyse the statement with example

Answer 1

By the end of 19th century, nationalism in Europe had not retained its idealistic liberal democratic sentiments just because of the some Europe’s inter-personality disturbance.

Here I have proposed some important reasons for the cause.

• Balkan was still under the control of Ottoman Empire.
• Nationalist groups across European continent became extremely intolerant.
• Some big European powers manipulated the aspirants of nationalism and used them for their imperialistic aims
• This intolerance behavior had induces war between them.
• This made the European nationalists broke away from their relationship.
• The disintegration of Ottoman empire and romantic nationalism idea in Balkan have fueled the intolerance.
• Balkan stood out as an important conflict zone.

Answer 2

Nationalism in Europe had not been able to retain its idealistic liberal democratic sentiments by the end of the 19th century.

Some causes for this is given below:

• Balkan was controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

• European big shots manipulated the aspirants who sought for nationalism and made use of them for their own imperialistic ambition

• All these led to war between them.