NATIONALISM I- Nationalism may be defined as a state of mind in which the individual feels that everyone owes his supreme secular loyalty to the nation-state.
A- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ "Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong."ÃÂÃÂ Stephan Decatur- 1816.
B- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ Nationalism is one of, if not the greatest single determining factor of modern history.
How does nationalism affect your life as an American today? How does it affect men and women in a different manner? How does this desire for a universal world state lurk in the background of our civilization? Does this hold true today? Can you be considered educated if you are only comfortable in our language and civilization? C- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ The basic principle was that each nationality should form a state- its state.
ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ II- The Historical Background of Nationalism A- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ Before the late 18th century nations fell into several categories: As historians have looked back on these multi-ethnic dynastic states, they have discovered that some were remarkably tolerant.
Why is this not surprising? B- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ The French Revolution marks the "start"ÃÂÃÂ of nationalism.
Simon Schama Citizens III- The Nation State A- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ In a nation-state the supreme political authority rests upon the will of the inhabitants.
B- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ We must be a people, a volk.
C- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ The idea that we are "WE"ÃÂÃÂ and others are "outsiders"ÃÂÃÂ.
How does nationalism manage to be both inclusive and exclusive at the same time? "The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as his wife."ÃÂÃÂ Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. What did Roosevelt mean? ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ What does "We the People"ÃÂÃÂ in the Preamble of the Constitution mean? D- ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ ÃÂÃ In a nation people have in common: What should people have in common to be a nation? Which of these apply to America? Which do...