warning to all further generations the “Lie: Dulce et decorum est‚ Pro patria mori” which translates as “It is sweet and right to die for your country.” Wilfred Owen‚ in his poem “Dulce et decorum est‚” shows the dangers of blind patriotism and nationalism‚ and challenges the propaganda that the younger generations are fed so that they will enlist in future wars. We immediately notice while reading the poem the vividness and realism of the imagery. The horrors described almost become alive before
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The word “patriot” is often used with a positive connotation. It implies loyalty and a willingness to fight for one’s country and people. The image of the Fourth of July‚ flying flags‚ and military homecomings come to mind. But is patriotism virtuous? It may sound virtuous in theory but in reality‚ patriotism breeds immoral actions by creating a sense of superiority in minds of a nation’s citizenry. This superiority perpetuates a culture where people believe they are morally above the others. It
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Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century Nationalism was the most powerful force in the 1800s. It came to the force with the French Revolution of 1789. It then contributed to the unification of Italy and Germany in the nineteenth century. At the same time‚ ethnic unrest threatened to topple the Ottoman and the Austro-Hungarian empires‚ Nationalism also contributed to the outbreak of wars. These included the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. Nationalism played a huge role
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Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan While giving an interview to American press representatives in July 1942‚ when asked by one of the journalists whether the Muslims were a nation or not‚ Jinnah replied: “We are a nation with our own distinctive culture and civilization‚ language and literature‚ art and architecture‚ names and nomenclature‚ sense of values and proportion‚ legal laws and moral codes‚ customs and calendar‚ history and traditions‚ aptitudes and ambitions‚ in short‚ we have our own distinctive
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Australia’s collective desire of nationalism as well as patriotism lead to its formation as a federation and this willingness to unify the divided colonies was a reflection of an ulterior‚ racist purpose. Federation is the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate colonies or states. Before Australia’s eventual federation on January 1 of 1901‚ there had been years of debate‚ since the idea was first introduced in Sydney during an inter-colonial conference until its implementation
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20th century. It had more negative effects than positive effects due to its domination to other nations. Documents 1 and 5 show how imperialism should work over politics and their benefits over the colonies while documents 2 and 7 show some beneficial effects of imperialism for the colonies. Documents 3‚ 8‚ 10‚ and 12 are different from the other documents in that they show the unfair way that the Englishmen treated their colonies‚ which can be described as one of the negative effects of imperialism
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5 How can the Haber-Bosch Process be Political? The whole conflict arose by the implementation of this technology. The application of this new technology if thought beyond common sense is much more unclear. It has political‚ economic‚ nutritional and military aspects. Theses aspects merged during the Great War in resulted in the lengthened the war for an additional war and extending the industrial destruction. The technology had an obvious effect on public life‚ the question is if it was in an authoritarian
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By the 1930s Vietnamese nationalists‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ had burnt out most options for achieving self-determination peacefully. The revolutionary activism that followed was the only choice Vietnam had to attain their freedom from the occupying colonial France. A few years before World War I all the way through the 1960s‚ Ho Chi Minh tried persistently to gain basic rights and freedoms for his people to no avail. The French had oppressed the Vietnamese during the duration of their occupation and
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Irish Nationalism: The Fight for Self-Government Since the late twentieth century‚ Ireland has been subject to varying types of English rule. There has been much debate on the degree of English rule in Ireland‚ but the call for a united Ireland was very popular among many Irishmen. Nationalistic feelings in Ireland saw a steady growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with many different movements looking to achieve Irish self-government. These nationalistic movements can be
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A NATION OF INTERESTS India‚ the land of thousands years of history‚ hundreds of millions of people‚ a myriad of cultures‚ numerous religions and languages is also home to an puzzle of great importance‚ the Indian national identity. The quest for Indian national identity has set its mark in the Indian history for the last one hundred and fifty years. Think-thanks of both Indian and Western origin sought an answer to the question whether India had a unique nation. Often the differences between
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