Take a look at today’s world culture. Most Countries are oblivious to global problems. Many are self centered. There’s little to no cooperation between nations. National pride needs to disappear if we are advance as a human race. National pride has been around since the very first nations formed. From the ancient Egyptians, to the Romans, to the imperialist British, to the modern day United States. National pride is present everywhere. National pride has its positive implications but it creates far more problems.
Conflict. A word that’s synonymous with both history and time. Conflict is an occurrence we’re used to as a race. We hear about it on a daily basis. It’s become an acceptable part of human society. Acceptable in the sense that those
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But we have to look deeper, at the origin of every conflict. Conflict boils down to one “identity” disagreeing with another “identity”. This is true for all scales of conflict. From teenaged girl disputes to massive world wars. National pride is simply an identity en masse. This creates an explosive and impulsive mess.
Picture an angry mob. Now give it a problem to solve. Give them a massive ball and give them the task of transporting it from one end of the mob to the other. 90% of mobs would destroy the ball. National pride breeds similar mentalities. It creates closed minded thinking. Narrowing the scope of all decisions. Everything is done to benefit “ourselves” instead of the best option for the whole. All other factors are ignored. The Cold War is the most prevalent example of this. The United States and The Soviet Union were hell bent on stopping each other’s influences worldwide. Leading to several conflicts in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Cuba, and several European countries. The intense levels of nationalistic pride in both the US and the USSR destabilized all these countries. Creating global issues that would echo in
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A national way of thinking does promote friendlier cultures within a nation, provided you’re of the same national culture, not at all against their beliefs, and protected by whatever government they have in place. If you fit into the small percentage in our modern world, which is so spread in terms of cultures that distinct lines separating them could never be drawn. Then, and only then will you experience the friendlier side of nationalism. An amazing example of national pride done right is our current European Union. Each country retained their strong nationalistic pride they had for centuries but now they’re banded together under a Union. They can recognize each others differences and act on a more global scale. But step inside any parliament or meeting held by the E.U and that’s never the case. The “our country first” mentality is still very prevalent. But at least this time they aren’t killing each other over
Nationalism in All Quiet on The Western Front Nationalism can be defined as having a sense of belonging and loyalty to ones country or nation state. Of all the European nations, France was the first to sport the idea of nationalism. Many countries became influenced by the French's ideas of nationali sm, As a result nationalism had spread throught out Europe by the nineteenth and twenteth century. One result that nationalisn had on Europe was, the wanting of unification. The people of nation states wanted their country to belong to.
“Nationalism(n.) - loyalty or devotion to a nation, especially an attitude, feeling, or belief characterize by a sense of national consciousness” (The War of 1812 and the Rise of Nationalism 1). Nationalism was a crucial part of America’s success during the War of 1812; nationalism was reflected in the post-war period through increased national pride, emphasis on national issues, increase in power and scope of the national government, and a growing sense of American identity (The War of 1812 and the Rise of Nationalism 1). The first to arise which was the driving force behind American victories against the British was nationalism. This nationalism was expressed in four ways; patriotism, political, economical and cultural. American patriotism
All over the world and in history, countries and nations have expressed pride towards their nations through spirit and have unified together as one. Nationalism is the force behind the unification, strength, and cooperation of these nations. First, nationalism is a powerful force that helps to unite all different people into a single nation. It is also important for nations to use nationalism to claim justified independence from one another. Finally, nationalism can be taken too far if it is used unjustly or incorrectly. Nationalism is important and necessary for beneficial political changes, but can become harmful and unproductive when used for a country’s personal agenda and lust for power.
One example of this is the Treaty of Versailles in the days of Adolf Hitler. The same way that the Treaty of Versailles prepared the mind frame of the people of Germany, is the same way suffering, oppression, and defeat reaps ultra-nationalism in other nations. This point proves that even before anyone can proceed in fueling the peoples mind frame, the people themselves must already be in a state in which they feel they must achieve superiority. This being the main difference in opinion between myself and the source. To put it this way, the people must be willing to hear the lies given to them, before the lies are viable in their
A negative implication of nationalism is that it can lead to the rise of extreme Nationalistic movements such as Nazism and Zionism. “Both of these nationalistic groups believed that the ethnic supremacy was the master race and the chosen people” (Rake, 2005). Within both this movements, there were inhumane practises in which Nazis slaughtered Jews in concentration camps and Zionists drove Palestinians out of. As illustrated in both of these cases, pride can have devastating effects. A continuing nationalist mind can evoke inhumane and immoral
Nationalism is a political, economic and social ideology, doctrine and practice describing the “advocacy of or support for the interests of one’s own nation”, especially above the interests of other outside nations, individuals, and regions (“Nationalism”). It is a conscious state of mind where individuals believe their duty and loyalty is to the nation-state. It believes that a nation is the most crucial aspect for human social life because it gives a nation a sense of unity by promoting the shared interests and identities of the individuals such as language, race, religion etc. (“Nationalism”). Therefore, the aim of nationalism is to preserve and promote the nation’s culture as opposed to other cultures. Politically, the goal is gaining and
Patriotism, as defined by sociology, is the “love and commitment to one’s country. The sociological definition for nationalism, however, is “a sense of superiority over others” (Kemmelmeier 859). Compared to nationalism, patriotism is benign in definition. With nationalism, there is “them” and then there is “us”; in essence, it creates a strong schism between nations. Radical nationalism is a severe issue as it has high potential in causing conflicts between nations. One of the most notorious examples from history is World War II. Following World War I, Germany was in shambles; the economic and political state of Germany left it vulnerable to the rise of Adolf Hitler. The bitter resentment resulting from the conclusion of World War I in combination with a new, jingoist dictator led to the creation of radical nationalism within Germany. This nationalism led to the willingness to kill indiscriminately for the country under the belief that Germany was a far superior nation and all other nations needed to be eradicated, thus leading to global
Differences among among culture has sparked conflict for centuries because humans fear change. They fear difference. They fear it because nothing is scarier than being told your life is a lie. Years ago people conquered other people through force. Now, with lots of leaders against war, culture is one of the strongest ways to unify and achieve a sense of
When considering the connotation of pride and whether it is a good or bad characteristic it is important to consider the definition applied. Pride, according to the Oxford Press Dictionary, is defined as “a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire.” While this definition does not insinuate a faulty or sinful perception, and a healthy measure of pride is acceptable, there is a line of demarcation that cannot be crossed. Pride has become a customary and unquestioned value that has been ingrained in culture because society the structure and precepts of God have been removed from the worldview. Pride has evolved beyond a beneficial characteristic and, for some, has morphed from an acceptable satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, to an unreasonable desire or love of one 's own excellence.
The rise of European nationalism in the 19th Century brought with it an overabundance amount of change that would definitively modify the course of history. The rise of nationalism in one country would rouse greater nationalism in another, which would in turn, motivate even greater nationalism in the first, progressively intensifying the cycle that eventually concluded in a World War. Nationalism as an ideology produced international competition which inspired absolute allegiance to an individual’s nation state. The ideology was fueled by industrial commerce and imperialistic developments which led to nation-states pursuits of outcompeting rival nations.
In the History of the world, human race, there have been many wars between different societies, Cultures, and Countries. Massive blood shed in many of these wars did not stop the coming of new conflicts of interest, peaking to battle. World War Two, one of the biggest war of history brought several countries to battle against each other (1939-1945). The catalyst of this war was one man whom discriminated against other cultures for no reason but to exterminate the Jewish race, known as Adolf Hitler.
Although some have said that "nationalism is measles of humankind", in my opinion, it is not. Nationalism has led to the growth of identities, and innovations. These reasons influence us in so many good ways that we should embrace nationalism to a great extent. Although at the same time I believe that we shouldn't embrace it to the extent of where we hurt others.
The changes that we have recently experienced at the global level, this new era of globalization, has made the entire peoples relive the feelings of nationalism, unfortunately in a wrong way. Because of leaders with the coveted power, these feelings of nationalism have been conducted through the anger, hatred, intolerance, and violence.
Generally culture and self-identities are the first and by far one of the most important aspects that people consider in their lives as they bring meaning to them. People seek to know who they are, where they are coming from and also where they are going. However Huntington said that the very same cultural identities are the primary source of conflict within civilisations. He further says that within people’s journeys of seeking their cultural identities they encounter new but often old identities. In other words they are then marching under new but old flags which then eventually lead to war with their new but old enemies (Huntington, 1996).
Environmental security is one of these thing. Pollution cannot be contained within borders, and therefore is a national threat. For example, a good portion of California’s air pollution is actually from China. The Paris Climate Agreement used to have a good chance of going into action, because nations recognized that pollution is damaging, especially in physical aspects. Environmental degradation also hurts on the individual level, however. For example, white trying to pay off their debts Haiti deforested itself. Now, there are no trees to offset the effects of mudslides and such when events like hurricanes occur, causing destruction and the deaths of thousands (Amuedo-Dorantes et al). Disease is another factor that bleeds across borders and can cause destruction on international, national, and individual levels. While there are a lot of factors not mentioned that intersect between human and traditional national security, there most likely will not be much consolidation due to the emphasis put on militaries, the current procedures in many places on how to handle incidences of interest and foreign relations, and the recent emphasis on security. A state-centric view is likely to maintain its place of