NATION, NATIONALITY & NATIONALISM

on Thursday, 15 November 2012
In Political science, the terms, NATION NATIONALITY & NATIONALISM  frequently occur. I the study of International Law, nationality & nationalism occupy predominant place. With the growth of International Law, the theories of Nationalism assumed greater importance.

Let us discuss these concept in detail.

Nation :

The word nation refers to a people of a common genus. The word Nation is derived from a Latin route NATUS OR NATIO which mean birth or born. Therefore, nation implies homogeneous population or the people who are organised & blood-related. Today the word Nation is used in a wider sense.

Burgess defines the nation as " a population of an ethnic . unity, inhabiting a territory of geographic unity " . After the First World War , the word Nation is used deliberately in a political sense. In the words of Lord Bryce, a nation is " a nationality which is organised itself in a political body either independent or desiring to be independent.

A nation, strictly speaking symbolizes the people of a state bound by an emotional or psychological & political forces. otherwise call nationalism. Nation is formed if a people feel themselves to be a nation or when a people of a definite territory feel that they are all one. Therefore the feeling of oneness among the people of the state is the primary condition of a nation.


Zimmerin aptly defines that a nation as " a body of people united by a corporate sentiment of peculiar intimacy, intensity & dignity related to definite home country.

The united state of America is the best example of a nation. The Americans originally belonged to different languages & races but later come together & united as they felt that they were one. of late today nation does not only mean a people having oneness among them but also means a people who feel that they are united, free and desire to be independent.

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