Nationalism, according to Merriam-Webster, is the “loyalty and devotion to a nation” to the point that “one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.” However, there are a couple of other national tendencies that had an impact on world history. Nationalism was the most important and impactful ideology during the early twentieth century Europe. Nevertheless, there was also the conservatism movement during the nineteenth century that had influence over Europe for years.
According to Merriam-Webster, Conservatism is the “political philosophy… stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change.”
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It was when a group of European nations met at Vienna to discuss long term peace after the Napoleonic wars. Members of the Congress shared the same conservative principles to the point where they restored monarchs that were overthrown during and after the French Revolution (Encyclopedia Britannica). Soon after, these same members went on to establish the Concert of Europe, periodic conferences with the purpose of enforcing peace across Europe and to crush any liberal resistance within conservative governments (Encyclopedia Britannica). Prince Metternich, important figure of the Congress, said that liberal revolutions were “unhistorical and unrealistic” because they were trying to do the impossible of establishing “English institutions of parliamentary government and constitutional monarchy in places where they had no historical roots” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Thus, these liberal revolutions throughout the nineteenth century were …show more content…
One of those movements was based in the German Empire with the idea of Pan-Germanism and it was heavily supported with German militarism, the idea that “the state of the nation was defined and reflected by the strength of its military forces” (Alpha History). Even known there were many other nationalist movements, none of them had a greater impact and responsibility for starting the Great War than the Slavic groups. These groups all shared Pan-Slavism which is “the belief that the Slavic peoples of eastern Europe should have their own nation, was a powerful force in the region” (Alpha History). Serbia had the most nationalists within the Balkans region because it rejected Austrian-Hungarian influence and rule over their lands. As the result, the infamous nationalist group, Black Hand (or Crna Ruka) assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, beginning World War I. The first world war lasted four years until the German Empire signed an armistice to the Entente in 1918. Afterwards, the Entente (especially France) heavily punished the German Empire by demanding them to pay unrealistic reparations. It would be one of the leading causes of the formation of the Nazi Germany in the early nineteen thirties. And the German nationalism movement eventually embraced Nazism, leading them to create World War
Another thing that played a part in nationalism was a nation's global status because the better the status the “better” you were. Alliances are between different countries, saying that if they go to war with a certain country, will you join me in fighting? They do this because just having a big military isn’t
Nationalism is having pride in your country or nation. People show pride in their country or nation by celebrating their country’s national holidays and/or fighting for your country in the armed forces. For example, the American Revolution and the Latin American Revolution are examples
Nationalism has endured through history and has shaped many important events and changes that have been both positive and negative for humanity. Nationalism can be defined as a patriotic feeling for one’s nation or nationality. It often leads to unification of peoples and revolutions against those that prohibit that unification. The impact of Nationalism is clearly seen in all three of the given documents. The unification of Italy, the nationalistic feeling of Serbians that led to the spark of WWI, and the unification of Indians against British imperialism all had lasting effects on history.
If I were to list in order of which one had the most impact on the first half of the 1800’s. The list would have to first start with liberalism, then conservatism and finally nationalism. My reasons for choosing this order is to be explained in the following paragraphs. I will define each of the terms and explain my reasons for placing them in the order that I did.
Nationalism can be traced to the nineteenth century, European peoples came to identify strongly with communities they called nations. Members of a nation considered themselves a distinctive people that spoke a common language, observed common customs, inherited common cultural conditions, held common values, and shared common
In the 19th century, liberalism and conservatism were two very different political parties fighting for their version of what South America should become. These two parties had many different views that would ultimately shape the nations into what they are in the modern day. In this triumphant battle between the two parties, South America was at a turning point. Many countries were on the forefront of independence and this meant a chance to make a change in the government these countries had. Conservatives and Liberal beliefs appealed to different types of groups such as classes, races, industries and even gender. Although Conservatives and Liberals had many different views, both parties were fighting for what they thought was the better future for the nations of South America. These parties were very important to the advancement of South America and the stride towards independence.
Nationalism is way of thinking both political and socially to create a community united by: history, ethnicity, religions, common culture, and language. Numerous effects occurred while establishing a Nationalist community, some effects were a long term impact on Nationalism, and other was short term impacts on Nationalism.
Nationalism was formed with the idea that a nation is made up of people who are joined together by common language, customs, cultures and history. It held the belief that one should be loyal to the people of their nation, not a king or empire. Nationalists believed that people of a single nationality should unite under a single government. The concept of Nationalism emerged in the French Revolution and was spread to the rest of Europe by Napoleon’s conquests.
Many innovations throughout history have been met with backlash from people who felt that innovations hurt society as a whole. The 1920s were no exception since it was one of the biggest decades of innovation in the United States’ history. Although conservatism gained a little ground during the 1920s, it was greatly overshadowed by the innovations of technology, social norms, and entertainment that still affect America today.
The awareness of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) has increased and the information available is better now than it was in the past. I believe many people are aware of concussions and traumatic brain injuries but not how it can affect their brain. Traumatic Brain injuries are a very complex injury with a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. Many healthcare professionals in the field of brain injury often say, “If you’ve seen one concussion, you’ve seen one concussion.” Even a mild case of a concussion should not be taken lightly. People do not realize the impact it can have on a person and his/her family, it can be devastating. One of the leading causes of Brain Injuries is concussion as this has been brought to light by
Nationalism is the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other. From just reading the meaning of nationalism it is quit obvious to see that this idea will
Neoconservatism is one of the most well-known and distinctive sociopolitical trends to emerge in the 1970s. In modern politics, many neoconservatives are often “dyed-in-the-wool” rightists; however the movement was originally conceived and shaped by a collective of former leftists and liberal Democrats who had become disillusioned with the left due to the many political struggles of the nation during the 1960s, and what they perceived as “guilt-ridden anti-Americanism embraced by the left in the wake of the anti-Vietnam War movement.” (Nuechterlein 1996) In fact, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines neoconservative as “a former liberal espousing political conservatism.” During the 1960s, Neoconservatives were staunchly opposed to communism, the counterculture movement, particularly “the political radicalism and its animus against authority, custom, and tradition.” (Ball and Dagger 2013)
Nationalism is a sense of strong pride and loyalty of ones nation over other nations. This is different from past
Nationalism can be described as a mix, multidimensional morally developed or created concept involving a shared common identification with one's Nation. It is more on politically motivated towards working and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, working towards to a specific land or a territory of historical significance to the group such as land and its belongings. In simple Nationalism is a nation command and lead itself, free from foreign influence, it is the concept of self-rule. Nationalism is further formed towards maintaining and developing a Sovereignty based on shared features such as religion, language, race, culture, or either political goals or a belief in a customary ancestry. So its pride towards nation's achievements, and the concept in world history has shown positive and negative impact, moreover in a political dimension it leads either unification or disintegration.
The philosophy of conservatism can be a problem if the definition of “conservative” is distorted. First we’ll focus on some distorted definitions of “conservative.” “Conservative” can mean reliance on traditions of the past. It can mean conserving the current worldview/theology/opinion. A person who self-identifies as “conservative” may claim to be believing Scripture but is really believing a certain interpretation of Scripture. In that case, one person’s conservatism isn’t the same as another person’s conservatism since interpretations vary widely. “Conservatism” can mean dead form and ritual. “Conservatism” can mean having a form of religion but denying the power and authority of God in our lives. 2 Timothy 3:5 Sometimes the word “conservative”