“Modern nationalism is only possible in a secular society.” I completely agree with this quote from our text. I will discuss what I understand this quote to mean‚ and I will then discuss the pros and cons of a secular society. What is a secular society? A secular society is a non-religious values based society. Legislators and government officials are opposed from making and furthering laws and/or policies with the intent of furthering a particular religious agenda based law or policy. A secular
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How did extreme nationalism alter the Enlightenment tradition? To Volkish thinkers‚ the Enlightenment and parliamentary democracy were foreign ideas that corrupted the pure German spirit. With fanatical devotion‚ Volkish thinkers embraced all things German: the medieval past‚ the German landscape‚ the simple peasant‚ and the village. They denounced the liberal-humanist tradition of the West as alien to the German soul. Among the shapers of the Volkish outlook was Wilhelm von Riehl (1823–1897)‚ a
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also during these times of struggles‚ that great men‚ not essentially of action but of intelligence‚ rose up to fight for the freedom of an enslaved nation. Among the most greatest of Filipinos patriots is Jose Rizal – the fountainhead of Filipino Nationalism. Rizal’s Significance Then On the 19th day of June in the year 1861‚ in the second half of the 19th century‚ Jose Rizal was born into a Philippine society governed by a system that brutalized and degraded the inner beings of Filipinos all
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in the 1820s is Washington Irving. He and his colleague James Fenimore Cooper attained international recognition as the nation’s first writers of importance to use American scenes and themes. 2. Describe three ways post-war nationalism manifested itself. Post-war nationalism manifested itself in the creation of national literature‚ finance‚ and manufacturing. Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper gained international recognition in the 1820s as the nation’s first writers of importance to use
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Nationalism is a political philosophy holding that the welfare of the nation-state is paramount‚ and attitude often strengthened when people share a common history‚ religion‚ language‚ or ethnic background. The term also refers to a group state of mind in which patriotism‚ or loyalty to one’s country‚ is regarded as an individual’s principal duty. In the 18th century‚ nationalism began to take form by scholars & poets who sought to find in ancient legends and songs‚ the soul of the nation. The cohesion
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Nationalism is an ideology people have that helps them identify themselves with their country. It is patriotism hinted with a feeling of superiority over other countries. Nationalism in Europe rose by several folds after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. France was not only defeated‚ but also humiliated by the well-equipped Prussian Army. France was made to surrender 80‚000 men‚ pay 5‚000 million marks and had been further humiliated by the Prussian victory march through Paris. There was a strong
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APPENDIX A. Economic Nationalism or Economic Internationalism: Which path should the Philippines adopt? No complete realization of either is practicable. We must understand the real alternatives clearly. Therefore‚ the choice should not be between a complete suppression of international trade on the one hand and its complete freedom on the other. Rather we shall look at the restrictions present in status quo which walls our path to development. In the context of constitutional reform‚ the
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November 2016 The Development of Irish Cultural Nationalism and the Irish Nation Irish cultural nationalism is deeply influenced by both the music and dance traditions of the nineteen and twentieth centuries. It would not be right to say that music or dance had any more influence than the other because both can be deeply connected to the Irish nation. Irish music and Irish dance had their own separate roles in the flourishing of Irish cultural nationalism and the Irish nation. Music took a more dominate
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Comparison on Cultural Nationalism between Modern Korea and China in the Early 20th Century Over the confronted‚ yet shared borderline‚ Korea and China have actively been engaged with each other in various fields of life ever since the dawn of the nations. Such frequent and constant interactions had undoubtedly brought about the civil similitude between them until nowadays. Amongst numerous cultural resemblances of Korea and China from the history‚ this paper focuses on how their unique‚ yet similar-to-each-other
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How similar were the achievements and limitations of nationalism in Southeast Asia before 1941? The period before 1941 can also be referred to as the pre-war period before the Japanese Occupation. The Southeast Asian nationalist movements then had similar achievements and limitations. Their achievements were scarce as the majority of the population was politically apathetic. To add to this‚ the nationalist groups often lacked mass support and military strength. The greatest achievement of these
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