Nationalism is a sense of belonging people have towards
their country nation. It inspires feelings such as loyalty to the nation, and pride in
its past and present. This feeling of nationalism has become more pronounced in 1700's,
That has influenced international relations. The rise of nationalism accompanied the
development of concept of nation as a group of people who share a common culture,
history, or language and have a feeling of national unity. A nation-state exists when
such a group of people occupy an area of land with independent
government.
Ultra-nattionalism or extreme nationalism is a
form of nationalism in which the loyaly and pride in in ones own people, culture, and
history gets converted in to unhealthy sense of superiority in your own type of people
and hatered or fear of others. This is the kind of Nationalism that was promoted by
people like Hitler and Mussolini.
While nationalism gives
people a sense of belonging and pride, and a willingness to make sacrifices for their
country. ultra-nationalism creates unhealthy rivalry and tension between nations,
promoting desire for for national glory based on domination and exploitation of other
nations or people. Extreme nationalism promotes feelings of racial hatred and
encourages persecution of minorities.
Extreme nationalism
may arise when one group tries to dominate and exploit others to achieve power and
prestige for themselves. Ultra-nationalism is often encouraged on the basis of religion
accompanied by lack of tolerance for religions other than one's own. Extreme nationalism
promotes prejudice by encouraging people to regard people from groups and culture, race,
or religion other than yours as inferior. Unfortunately Such prejudice is often passed
from generation to generation. Children acquire their prejudiced outlooks from their
parents and teachers. These prejudices then also get embedded in institutions, laws, and
customs of the society.
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