In the first source, a quote from Ernest Renan, he describes a nation as a spiritual principle. He believes that having common glories in the past, similar will …show more content…
in the present and more contributions in the future is essential for being a people. The nationalist perspective of the source believes that members of a nation should share a common ideology in the past, present, and future. The source believes that these conditions are needed for creating a strong and structured nation. The concepts that the source would most likely agree to are the terms of tribalism and ethnic nation. The speaker would agree to tribalism because the definition of the concept is the strong feeling of loyalty and belonging to their group. This allows members to share common values in the present and allows an open mind set for ideas that can be provided in the future. The idea of ethnic nation describes the coming of people who share a collective identity based on their ethnic ancestors. This provides the protection of one group’s collective identity and provides history that members can relate to from the past. The source would also approve of the coming together of the National Assembly, which occurred during the start of the French Revolution. He would agree to the committee since it gave the people of the lower class an opportunity to share a common goal for the future. This is clearly shown by their longing for a new and promising constitution for France. The constitution they established was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which provided equality and justice for all men at the time. Renan would also agree to Elizabeth Lesser’s idea to “take the other to lunch”, which means to take the initiative to listen to other people’s opinions and to temporarily view the world through their perspective. He would agree to this because it allows people to share their point of view and inform others of their stance in the community. Through the sharing of ideas, people can find a common ground that can help to create a similar viewpoint when contributing to the current and approaching time in society.
The fifth source portrays two officers serving their nation-state. By the visual of the left person wearing his religious headwear, it can be learnt that the source relates to multiculturalism in certain countries. The national perspective of the source believes that members of a nation should be treated with equal rights and should be accommodated for their beliefs and values. The source would agree to the concepts of reasonable accommodation and reject the idea of alienation. The source would believe in reasonable accommodation because the visual represents that a person should be able to publically display their religion, this is shown by the man in the left displaying his religious headwear while representing his country. The source would refuse the concept of alienation since it isolates people from a nation and creates a sense of inequality in the population. The source would most likely agree with the creation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The source would believe in this constitution because it allowed equality for all men, sovereignty of the people, and taxation by consent. The document has helped to create the ideology that people everywhere are entitled to basic human rights. The source would also agree to the Suzanne Barakat’s philosophy in accepting others as human and welcoming the different culture, religions, and races. The perspective of the source would believe in this because it allows different people to find a mutual understanding in society and has the potential to create a much more united community that is free from discrimination and racism.
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The third source is a quote from King Louis XIV, he describes the mind set that countries are represented by their leader rather than the people who live in the nation-state.
The nationalist perspective of King Louis XIV is that the head of the country is the nation and for society to prosper the people have to be willing to serve and follow the leader’s will. The source’s perspective can be shown throughout history by the beliefs and values he had during his reign in France. The source believed in the uses of a social hierarchy and the absolute monarch. The social hierarchy benefited the people who were part of the Roman Catholic Clergy or nobility. These people received privileges and were not required to pay taxes. The rest of the population had a difficult and challenging way of living. They were required to serve the king by paying taxes which lead to poor living conditions, in which some died from starvation. The absolute monarch allowed all the power in France to be consolidated in the hands of the king. This allowed for King Louis XIV to be the main voice in France and gave the power to decide how the country will operate. These ideals were the main contributions to start of the French Revolution, many people felt that they deserved better rights which lead the nation members to revolt and seek a better constitution. The source would disagree with J.D Vance’s idea to bridge the gap between the rich and poor. King Louis XIV would believe that he should not have to …show more content…
create a common goal with the rest of society since he himself is the nation in which all pride and loyalty should be committed to.
These sources are related together by their contribution to the conflicting ideologies during the French Revolution and the different types of government seen throughout history.
The point of view of sources five and one represent the revolutionaries and the National Assembly. They believed that all men should be treated equally and shared a similar ideology of how their country should be run and rules set out for the French people. The perspective of source three was the reason behind the revolt and explains King Louis’s position during the revolution. The two sources that are ideal for a republic or democratic country are sources one and five, they show how a nation can be united by accepting each other, by sharing a constitution and having different beliefs in society. This allows people to have a say when coming up with the decision for a country. The source that can represent a dictatorship is source three because it embodies a nation as an individual and not as a people. A dictatorship describes the rule of a country to be in possession of one ruler and the leader is the one that comes up with the decisions for the country. The third source would disagree to concepts such as equality and multiculturalism, while the first and fifth source would embrace these concepts and allow the voices of the
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