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“He was determined to establish a sphere of influence that would safeguard Soviet periphery for all time.” (doc. 12) Stalin’s goal was to promote a great country, and he did. His footprint was left behind, as effects of his work is still shown throughout the previous countries of the
Post WWl, Russia was still not industrialized, suffering economically and politically and in no doubt in need of a leader after Lenin’s death. “His successor, Joseph Stalin, a ruthless dictator, seized power and turned Russia into a totalitarian state where the government controls all aspects of private and public life.” Stalin showed these traits by using methods of enforcement, state control of individuals and state control of society. The journey of Stalin begins now.
Without a large republic not only are you going to have the tyranny of the majority, but you are not going to have a unified country. If we become factionalized to the point where every person represents their own views we are going to be headed towards civil war quickly, and we are going to break up as a nation. By having a large republic and by having all of these voices silenced in their factions we can stay coherent. Madison comes to the conclusion we are not going to have a large enough faction to tear the nation apart, but he is wrong because different opinions will always exist as long as people are free and self-love exist. These factions are inevitably going to tear the nation apart.
The author, Jan Librach argues that the demonstration of force that was used to conquer the nation of Ukraine, was the beginning stages of Russia’s conquest to suppress the surrounding nations of Eastern Europe, creating the surge of Russia’s determination for preservation of its empire and destroying nationalism throughout the countries they possessed authoritarian rule. Librach proves the argument by providing evidence of demand for independence by the Ukrainian Central Rada (council), for the nation of Ukraine after the news of the Russian Revolution spread throughout the world. He provides a quote from the document, “Communist Take Over & Occupation of Ukraine” from the Select Committee on Communist Aggression, which provides documentation
Both nationalism and sectionalism emerged after the War of 1812. Nationalism grew in the United States because of the victory at New Orleans. Americans were proud to be called Americans. America might have seemed like they were united; however, they were divided also by a growing belief of sectionalism. Sectionalism spread like a disease, affecting the minds of Americans.
Many people of the general public had the mindset that to be proud and patriotic, they had to stand for their country. In a newspaper article by the leader of the Black Hand, a Serbian military intelligence that worked against Austria as an opponent. It states “This war derives from the duty of our race which will not permit itself to be assimilated.” (Doc I) This quote shows how nationalism plays a part in how people proud of their country move to protect the honor of their home.
Throughout our country’s history, there have been many debates about how our government should be run and set up. One of the biggest debates was whether or not a large republic was better or worse than a small republic and vice-versa. This argument occurred when the new constitution came into play and the debate circulated around the federalists and the antifederalists. The antifederalists wanted a republic where the citizens or the people being ruled were able to check and view closely the small republic with its small amount of enumerated powers. They saw this as the best way to keep liberty.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE GREAT SORCEROR In a far away place, there used to be a person called Zylem and He was a very mysterious child that used to do things that no mere mortal could do. Sometimes, when he would come home the items that he brought with him would be strange. The first one was a potion that had the ability to make anything grow two times it's size.
As a product of the Revolutions of 1848, European sentiment towards Nationalism grew extensively among the middle and lower classes. European ethnic groups and nations desired a self-determined state that represented their group and culture. As a result, both Germany and Italy would experience unification movements within several decades. By 1871, the Italian states would be unified under the Italian tricolour flag; and in the same year, the German states would become integrated into Germany under Wilhelm I of Prussia. Nationalism is both a political and social system in which the nation-state is of utmost importance -- in which nation-states act in their own self-interest and are of full sovereignty.
Because of the idea of nationalism, cultures began to think of themselves as being better than all others. This caused a lot of persecution and segregation of people of different cultures. In Russia, the idea of nationalism fed a new idea of Russification. Russification was the act of suppressing all non-Russians in their empire. They did this, because they believed that their culture was the best.
The United States government is best defined as a federal constitutional republic. As a constitutional republic, the U.S. government is organized by the Constitution, setting forth the political threshold of the people, which are known as the federal and state governments. As a federal republic, the control stands by the people throughout the voting process of electing the federal and state officials. The federal government is limited by the distribution of authority within the states as outlined in the Constitution. Although many people like to call the United States a democracy, this is not the case, because the public does not directly control legislation.
The archetypes analysed in this essay will be Stalin as ‘the wise leader’, as ‘the father of all people’, and as ‘the generalissimo’. To answer the research question, several academic works including those of Jan Plamper and Anita Pisch will be investigated, and paintings by the prominent Socialist Realism artists Deineka, Laktionov, Gerasimov and Vladimirskiy will
Nationalism is the pride for one’s country, the love that one has for its country and it is the want for the good of all people in the nation. This love is not conditional, it does not depend on race religion or economic standing. When a leader is chosen, when a country is coming out of great national change, this requires a particularly strong leader who only wishes for their countries greatness and success in the future. However, this can quickly turn into ultranationalism, or expose ultranationalistic motives. The two concepts of one’s love for their country have similarities, one is formed from the other, or that each can be provokers of change in either direction in the political spectrum.
The Warwick debate provides approaches to the study of nationalism. It laid the foundation for the development of two approaches to the study of nationalism. The first approach is Smith’s primordial approach and the other is Gillnets modernist approach. Smith’s argument begins with the definition of nationalism and the difference between a state and a nation.
Moving on to the idea of nationalism, Ernest Gellner (1997) understood nationalism as a product of industrial society. He defines nationalism as “primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent” (Guibernau and Rex 1997: 52). Nationalism, Gellner says is either a product of feeling of anger when the principle discussed above is not fulfilled or a product of feeling of satisfaction aroused by its fulfilment. Therefore, “nationalism is a theory of political legitimacy” (Guibernau and Rex 1997: 52). Gellner justifies the repercussions of the idea of “nationalism is a theory of political legitimacy” by discussing how the political effectiveness of national sentiment impairs the sensibility of the nationalists to realise the wrong committed by the nation.
