Nationalism

Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain political claims based on that belief, above all the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state and that each nation is entitled to its own state. In this form nationalism is a universal ideology, but the term also refers to the specific ideology of nationalist movements, which make political claims on behalf of a specific nation. These movements may dispute each others specific claims, but nevertheless they share the general nationalist ideology.

See also

• Indian independence movement
• Arab Nationalism
• Cultural identity
• Filipino Nationalism
• Historiography and nationalism
• Japanese nationalism
• Jingoism
• Korean nationalism
• List of nationalist conflicts and organizations
• National romanticism
• National mysticism
• Nationalism and sport
• Nationalism in the United States
• Pan-nationalism
• Pan-Arabism
• Pan-Africanism
• Pan-Iranism
• Pan-Slavism
• Populism
• Skinheads
• Xenophobia
• Zionism