World War I was one of the most important wars in history. In 1889 nations started to get more competitive‚ also known as nationalism. People who spoke different languages and lived in the same place‚ made others feel as if they should all have a different or separate national government. People should all speak the same language. In 1815‚ the congress of Vienna put an effort into giving Europe’s rulers what they wanted instead of giving the people what they wanted or deserved. The congress of Vienna
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Malaysia Region. Kuala Lumpur:Penerbit Universiti Malaya‚ 1976. 6. Roden‚ Gary "Singapore"‚ in The construction of national identity through the production of ritual and spectacle"‚ Ash gate Publication Ltd 2001. 7. W.E.Willmott‚ "The Emergence of Nationalism: In Management of Success. The Moulding of the future of Singapore. Edited by Sandhu K.S. and Wheatley‚ Paul. Singapore Institute of South East Asian Studies. 1989.
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POLITICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The developed world is living in an age of globalization‚ characterized by • Economic liberalization • Deregulation • Privatization All of these factors create a reduced role for the state‚ or so it seems at least on the surface. But the state still plays a significant role in the lives of people and businesses. “The State Is Dead . . . . Long Live the State” State versus Nation Characteristics of a State: •
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Most of all I do not like patriotism very much because I have some negative associations with it. It reminds me of flags‚ war and football. I have to think about people being proud and admiring their country – sometimes in a quite naive way. I do not think that pride is completely bad. Pride is good for one’s self-esteem and so is patriotism. Pride is alright if it improves the own self-perception. But I don’t like it as soon as pride makes people look down on others. This is arrogance. Sadly
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David Malouf’s novel Fly Away Peter and feature film All Quiet on the Western Front by Delbert Mann‚ explores the savage and harrowing warfare of World War One. Conveying the horrifying experience of the front line from both sides – the Allies and the Central Powers – these texts show the futility of a traumatic war‚ that left all combatants if not dead‚ eternally destroyed by its inhumanity. The overriding theme of both texts is the terrible brutality of war‚ with its catastrophic levels of carnage
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solidarity‚ constituted by the feeling of sacrifice one has made in the past and of those that one is prepared to make in the future.’ Renan continues stating that it is ‘the clearly expressed desire to pursue a common life.’ This swing towards nationalism was sparked in part by the cultural movement which followed the Enlightenment period and was known as Romanticism. An era when poetry‚ music and art were increasingly used to influence the nation‚ the movement supported ideas such as the importance
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slippage -Herder’s translations of folk poetry "Treatise on teh origin of language" and "ideas for a philosophy of the history of mankind" helped him appreciate the value of local customs. His work was influential for the development of cultural nationalism. -influential representation of what traits fashioned "pure" Spaniards based partly on the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood)‚ which served as a means of exclusion for individuals not considered fully Spanish. -casticismo=unchanging
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What is a Nation? The concept of a nation refers to a socially constructed and politically organized grouping of a people‚ or ethnic group‚ within a self-governing physical boundary. Historically‚ the concept of a nation in its modern understanding has been distorted to further it from its original definition. Evidence of such distortion exists in our present society‚ and has continued through common conflation of definitions between a nation and other similar social groupings. This essay will attempt
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to others. It’s ingrained in every one of us‚ to an extent. Pride in one’s country‚ nationality‚ or ethnic background can be good for the society to flourish. When that pride becomes too strong or too vane in us is when problems arise. Extreme nationalism can lead to wars. We start thinking we are better than our neighbor for one reason or another. It’s done without us even really thinking about it. We learn it from people we grow up and associate with. The major case of extreme ethnocentrism that
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considered "masculine" or "feminine" varies greatly over time and space Ex: Females wearing dresses Identity Defined by geographer Gillian Rose as "how we make sense of ourselves"‚ how people see themselves at different scales Ex: Race Nationalism An extreme form of patriotic feeling‚ principles‚ or efforts esp. marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries. Ex: Nazis Nationality Distinctive national or ethnic character Ex: Chinese Nation-state A political entity (a
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