expansionist nationalism

Question 1

what are the 4 forms of expansionist nationalism:

Answer 1

1. imperialism
2. militarism
3. chauvinism
4. racial conquest

Question 2

explain imperialism:

Answer 2

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonisation, use of military force, or other means

Question 3

what’s pan-nationalism?

Answer 3

a more extreme form of imperialism - the idea of uniting a people who are spread among different states, regardless of any distinctions e.g. Nasser’s pan-Arabism

Question 4

what’s militarism?

Answer 4

-looking back on the character of a nation when it was militarily dominant and trying to militarily impose that on other people e.g. Milosevic invading kosovo to push out ethnic albanians
-aims = rekindle past glories of the nation to inspire the people and mobilise the people through armed forces and create a powerful sense of national unity
-current example = Putin now!

Question 5

what’s chauvinism?

Answer 5

-an exaggerated form of patriotism
-idea that the characteristics of one nation are superior to all others

Question 6

what’s racial conquest?

Answer 6

-racist nationalist belive their own race is superior to others which leads to a belief that the race is entitled to territory occupied by racial groups
-e.g. Nazisim