Wgu Nationalism Source Analysis

An individual’s nationalistic views and beliefs can compete with another to form contending nationalist loyalties. Source I portrays the contending religious and civic loyalties in a nation. The author of the source claims that the principal of national unity should be raised above all other divisions and criticizes the idea of communalism, which regards religious nationalism as the main source of belonging. For an example, the conflicts between individuals with different religious beliefs should be perceived as conflicts between those individuals in the nation instead of perceiving it as conflicts between two different religious groups; solely interpreting the individuals with their religious identity. The author’s ideology of nationalism is heavily derived from a strong sense of patriotism and centered
The author of the source speaks that the exterior forms of nationalism, in this case, religion, should be disregarded to form a stronger and peaceful nation without “sectarianism”, which will potentially cause the nation to segregate in its own divisions.

The dangers of nationalism are many and can be devastating for a nation of any kind and it is certain that the government can play a significant role when it comes to nationalistic views of that nation. Depending on how the government organizes its nation, the civic nationalism of that country can drastically alter from a republic to a total dictatorship. Source number II clearly reflects the danger of nationalism by the utilization of reflecting irrefutable state of corrupted nationalistic views in North Korea. The source--which consists of a picture of militants in North Korea forming their flag--is titled as “Blind nationalism”. After, a quote is followed which says