History Essay on NATIONALISM

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    Historic Development of Various Perceptions of Nationalism in the World: An Analysis
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Introduction
Historic evidences justify that global societies have gone through phases of evolution in the context of integrating the values of people towards their nation. Various factors like foreign invasions, prolonged period of slavery and oppression as well as internal social biases could frame the spirit of nationalism in people in Europe, Asia and United States (Riley, p. 212; 2019). However, based on the approaches that were applied to encourage nationalism, some scholarly perceptions state that nationalism is more like particular ideology as it does not contain universalistic notions; every nation has its own social, political and economical conditions which became the primal force to implement nationalism in people (Riley, p. 222; 2019).
In the modern context as well, nationalism is defined by the wellbeing of states, the fractioned portion of the nation but completely integrated in it. In the era of globalization, people tend to think beyond the premises of their nations to ensure that an active engagement is done on global scale. The doctrine of nationalism is deeply rooted and omnipresent. Other ideologies related to nationalism contribute significantly to the process of social, political and economical alleviation, but as competition between nation states is the farthest approaching political and economic factor in global capitalism, nationalism, albeit often disguised and denied, has always played a central role.
Nationalism: The Development of Nations and States
    At first, it is significant to note that the nation and nationalism should not be mistaken by each other; the former is a combination of various social societies while the later one is a complete ideology in itself (Riley, p. 212; 2019). When the term nationalism is referred, an integration of politically driven concepts is done with the state revolutions i.e. the revolutions that were encouraged by the political activities in the world. However, the core essence of these political revolutions to motivate feelings of nationalism in people was also carried out through capitalistic notions. People tend to review their past to find out form where the spirit of nationalism began taking shape in their social behavior; for example, the Germans and French people look into their past societies and find that Germanic revolution or Gaul culture was the oldest form of nationalism in these respective nations (Riley, p. 212; 2019).
However, till that time, no fragmented condition of thinking was taken in process; people were closely associated with their ‘nation’s wellbeing’ regardless of the societies they belonged. A clear division of nations into states and the new concept of provisional welfare or rather, welfare that is based on the province/region of the nation is modern phenomena. A formal understanding of the two perceptions that nationalism and state based welfare are interrelated has become obsolete in the modern context. A nation’s power can only be seen over global picture, if it’s states and provinces are influential in shaping nationalism in general. Still, the onset of nationalism as a movement can be traced back in history when this modern ideology did not exist; nationalism in Europe, Asia and in United States was the result of integrated revolutions to gain total freedom from the clutches of slavery and negative social practices of the affluent class.
French Revolution and European Perception of Nationalism
    In the context of examining the roles of various...