Wehave seen that nationalism can unite people as well as divide them,liberate them as well generate bitterness and conflict”.Illustrate your answer with examples.

Neitherdescent, nor language, nor religion or ethnicity can claim to be acommon factor in nationalisms all over the world. Comment.

  • Nationalism unites people into a bond on the basis of same territory, shared beliefs, common history, shared political ideals, common political identity and aspirations.

  • The idea of nationalism can liberate people from the bond of various smaller groups to a wider and common group of nation where they share common interests and goals.

  • It can also divide the people as every lingual or cultural group could demand for a separate nation-state.

  • It can generate bitterness and conflict as demands for separate nation state by smaller groups often leads to conflict. Such situations are at the root of many ongoing conflicts in the world.

  • Neither descent, nor language, nor religion or ethnicity can claim to be a common factor in nationalisms all over the world as there is no common set of characteristics that is present in every nation. It is very difficult for every lingual, religious and ethnic group to become politically and economically viable. This also leads to several problems for those groups that are in minority. Therefore, no nation-state can stand only on the factor of religion or ethnicity.

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