Question 3:
We have seen that nationalism can unite people as well as divide them, liberate them as well generate bitterness and conflict”. Illustrate your answer with examples.
Neither descent, nor language, nor religion or ethnicity can claim to be a common factor in nationalisms all over the world. Comment.
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Nationalism can unite people as well as divide them. Nationalism is a unifying factor. Nationalism dominates mutual struggle and jealousy. the word nation is a symbol of unity and it creates religious and cultural Unity. In the 19th Century Europe, the spirit of Nationalism led to the unification of a number of small Kingdoms into large nation-states. The person day German and Italian States are also the result of unification.
On the other hand Nationalism is also responsible for the breakup of big Empires such Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires in the early 20th century. Nationalism was also mainly responsible for the breakup of the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires in Asia and Africa. Moreover Nationalism teaches us to hate other Nations. A nation upholding the values of Nationalism regards its nation as superior to others and there by hatred for other nations is created. An atmosphere of malice and ill will can result in war.
It is a hard fact that the neither descent nor language, nor religion on ethnicity can claim to be a common factor in nationalism all over the world. We can take example of any nationality today ,it is not possible to find purity of Race in it. t The English, the Americans, the French, the Indians all are the mixture of many races. Like the same community, same language is also a very significant factor in the making on nationality, but is not an essential element. In the modern age people speaking different languages live in one Nation. For example the people of Switzerland speak three different languages: French, German and Italian still have one nationality.
Common religion is also not the sole basis of Nationalism.Nowadays almost In all the Nations we find people having faith in different religions. In India, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsi and Muslims reside side by side and all these communities are the followers of different faiths. In England, America, Switzerland people who have faith in different religions but the differences in religion are not at all an obstruction in the way of nationality. The people of Pakistan and Bangladesh have the same religion but they are two separate nationalities.
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