German vs. Italian nationalism

Type :

Case study

Pages :

14 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/01/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Political science

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Summary :

Introduction.
The French Revolution as a model of inspiration.
Other aspects of Napoleon's rule.
A dual strain of nationalism.
Vienna territorial arrangements in both Italy and Germany.
The great Italian revolutionary, Mazzini.
The geographic spread of where and to what extent constitution was granted.
The formation of economic unions.
The lack of a general popularization of ideas.
Two fundamental weaknesses of nationalism.
Tuscany as an examples of how nationalism became radical.
Reliance on external developments.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Indeed, in tracing the development of nationalism in the early 19th century, we are confronted with the inherent weaknesses of division, particularism and mass indifference; dubious motives of 'nationalists' and oft-yieldless attempts to surmount forces of repression- to the point that it is questionable at some stages, if genuine nationalism even existed at all. nationalism is essentially the belief that people who share a common language, culture or history should be brought together to form a nation-state; the desire of a community to assert its independence and uniqueness from another. Since in Italy and germany we refer to integrated nationalism, the desire for unification would then invariably be a prerequisite of a nationalist. In the spirit of discussion, we shall not assume the most stringent definitions of a nationalist- this implies not discrediting one wholly based on what type of unity was craved.