only lead to ultra-nationalism which ultimately develops hatred‚ hostility‚ conflict and even crimes against humanity. QUESTION: To what extent should we embrace the source’s perspective on the pursuit of national interest? Throughout history‚ ultranationalism has lead to crimes against humanity when used as a tool in a nation’s pursuit of its self interests. This extreme form of nationalism has resulted in the mistreatment‚ abuse and deaths of millions of people. While they may seem like just senseless
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nationalism: devotion and loyalty to a nation. However‚ there are times when nationalistic pursuits and interests of a nation come in top priority above other nations‚ no matter the cost‚ and then we are left with the extreme form of nationalism: ultranationalism. While these types of pursuits do have their benefits‚ the cost often outweighs the benefits. First of all‚ ultrantionalism involves pursuing nationalistic interests of a nation‚ however‚ most people are part of more than one nation and conflicting
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Vishal Aheer Social 20-1 Mr. Ozcan Ultranationalism is a form of nationalism that often leads to conflicts within a state and can lead to travesties and devastation. Genocide‚ war‚ racial discrimination‚ cultural assimilation and death of innocent humans are common attributes associated with ultra nationalism. In extreme cases ultra nationalism leads to fascism‚ which in turn leaves no political opposition. The given source may be an example of fascism as it states‚ “subjugate those
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within a nation. In many cases nationalism is the evil to society‚ and can cause conflict between individuals within a nation. Nationalism has many negative factors‚ that impacts individual’s with in nation. This concept plays into the idea of Ultranationalism‚ which is an extreme form of nationalism .An Ultranationalists are often enthusiastically loyal to their nation and hostile and racist toward other nations. A high form of nationalism‚ particularly marked by a feeling of superiority over other
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basically just an extreme form of nationalism. The downfall to this is‚ ultra nationalism often involves the people being fanatically loyal to their nation‚ and hostile and racist to others nations. Ultra nationalism can cause war‚ succession and genocide. Throughout history‚ we have experienced ultra nationalism and all its negative effects‚ whether it was Russia under Joseph Stalin or the well known Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Ultra nationalism develops from nationalism‚ as previously discussed
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Nationalism is often the shadow of patriotism and patriotism acts as a veil which conceals and justifies acts of nationalism‚ as well as‚ ultranationalism. For example‚ World War II is a case study which supports this source. World War II created a severe environment of “us vs. mankind”; nation against nation. These circumstances led to events such as the Holocaust‚ the formation of concentration camps and fanatical propaganda. When Hitler came in power during the mid 1900s‚ he had a very powerful
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Genocide: For the Dead and Living We Must Bear Witness Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty and security of person. The right to life seems like the most basic right; a person is born‚ and they have the right to breathe air‚ drink water‚ and make any other necessary decisions to live. However‚ every now and then someone (or a group of people) decides that a person‚ or an entire race‚ does not deserve to live. Genocide‚ the purposeful
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are rightful; he argues that these are some of the practices that should never be regarded as an alternative. Goodman addresses these areas as: Genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ germ warfare‚ terrorism‚ hostage taking‚ child warriors‚ slavery‚ polygamy‚ incest‚ rape and female genital cutting (Goodman‚ 2010‚ pg.88). According to Goodman‚ “Genocide is uglier than murder because it targets individuals as members of a group”. It includes eliminating a certain group of people or a tribe. In some
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extermity with me‚ you hope for some understainding‚ some insight‚ some flicker of self-knowledge---a moral‚ or a loesson or a clue about how to behave in this world: some such information. I don ’t discount the possibility‚ but when it comes to genocide‚ you already know right from wrong. The best reason I have come up with for looking closely into Rwanda ’s stories is that ignoring them makes me even more uncomfortable about existence and my place in it. . . ." (At p. 19.) Gourevitch tells in
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Genocide As stated by the United Nations Genocide Convention‚ genocide is a coordinated plan to destroy‚ in whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnic‚ racial‚ or religious group‚ by killing‚ causing serious bodily or mental harm‚ inflicting conditions designed to bring about its destruction‚ preventing births within the group ‚ or removing children from the group. The term did not exist until Raphael Lemkin devised the word in 1944. Therefore there was no legal mechanism for the international community
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