liberal nationalism + thinkers

Question 1

what are the key principles of liberal nationalism?

Answer 1

-self determination
-government by consent
-all nation states have equal importance, and each state shouldn’t interfere with the affairs of others
-democracy

Question 2

what is liberal nationalism linked to?

Answer 2

the enlightenment

Question 3

liberal nationalist thinker: Rousseau

Answer 3

-swiss/french philosopher of the enlightenment period
-wrote The Social Contract

Question 4

what idea of the nation did he develop?

Answer 4

-romantic idea
-idealising shared values and cultures
-concerned with the freedom of the individual and the collective freedom of the nation

Question 5

what was Rosseau’s key concept?

Answer 5

-the general will
-means the collective will or spirit of the nation

Question 6

what sort of liberal nationalist was Mazzini?

Answer 6

rational AND romantic

Question 7

what movement did Mazzini head up?

Answer 7

Young Italy - dedicated to the overthrow of the hereditary monarchies that dominated Italy and replacing them with a united italy under democratic rule

Question 8

what is Mazzini’s republicanism?

Answer 8

synthesis between nationalism and popular democracy

Question 9

what were Mazzini’s key ideas?

Answer 9

-emphasis on the need for a free nation - a nation living under hereditary rule was not free

Question 10

describe Mazzini’s romantic approach:

Answer 10

he saw the forces that bind people together as being spiritual in nature
-some of this was based on his religious faith

Question 11

what ideas of Mazzini clash with liberal nationalism?

Answer 11

-he didn’t believe that individual liberty should be allowed to interfere with the aims of nationalism
-nationalism is a collective enterprise
-the interests of the nation come above those of the individual