NATIONALISM Flashcards
(19 cards)
Who are the Liberal nationalism key thinkers?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
Civic nationalism- citizen participation
General will- people are sovereign
Giuseppe Mazzini:
Self-determination- expressing itself
Patriotism- primary focus on citizens
What are the key features of Liberal nationalism?
Interdependent Progressive Rational Inclusive Self-determination
Who is the Conservative nationalism key thinker
Johann Gottfried von Herder:
Culturalism- nation should value and respect its culture
Volksgeist- unique culture is spirit of the nation
What are the key features of Conservative nationalism?
Backward looking
Suspicious to change
Irrational
Exclusive
What is an example of liberal nationalism?
Supporting Scottish independence
EU
What is an example of Conservative nationalism?
Queens diamond jubilee in 2012
Who is the Expansionist nationalism key thinker?
Charles Maurras:
Integral nationalism- needs of the nation above their own
Expansionism- national pride tied to conquest
What are the key features of Expansionist nationalism?
Regressive Exclusive Imperialist Chauvinist Racial
Who is the Anti/Post colonial nationalism key thinker?
Marcus Garvey:
Pan Africanism- africans must unite together and create strong economy and state for Africa
Black pride-
What are the key features of anti/Post colonial nationalism?
Self-determination
Progressive
Rational
Inclusive
What are some examples of Expansionist nationalism?
Imperialist countries domination for control: Scramble for Africa, Nazi Germany
What are some examples of Anti/Post colonial nationalism?
Gandhi salt march, India independence movement
How is liberal nationalism more united than divided?
Inclusive, civic, progressive
E.g. EU 1950s- the purpose is to promote social, politicised and economic harmony, harm principle
T: Rousseau- civic nationalism
How is anti/post colonial nationalism more united than divided?
Inclusive, civic, progressive
Gandhi- Salt March, 50,000 people, non violent- seeked to protect people
Marcus Gravey- activist for black people
Includes whoever shares rhe values of the a nation
How is anti/Post colonial nationalism more divided than United?
Reject traditions of their oppressors, create a new state based on their culture
E.g. Garvey- Pan africanism, seperationism
How is Expansionist nationalism more divided than united?
Exclusive, racial, chauvinist (excessive prejudice support for their own cause)
E.g. Hitler,
Membership restricted to inheritance, race is key, chauvinist superior to other nations
Murras: needs of nation above state, Expansionist national pride and conquest, myths folklore and culture from the past
To what extent does liberal nationalism support self-determination for all nations?
Self determination for all nations
E.g. they’d support scot independence
Seek to protect rights of the people, progressive
Rausseau: General will- people are sovereign, they’ll do what’s best
Mazzini: self determination- nation will be free when it expresses itself
To what extent do anti/Post colonial nationalism support self-determination for all nations?
Wish to rule themselves and their own state
Ghandi- India independence movement against British, Salt march
Garvey- black activism
Black and Asian trying to express their own culture and identity
Garvey: Black nationalism, pan africanism- Africans must create their own economies and society
To what extent does Expansionist nationalism support self-determination for all nations?
Chauvinist- superior to everyone else, only want self determination for superior countries
E.g. Scramble for Africa, Hitler ‘Germanys right to self-determination’
Maurras: national pride is tied to conquest
