MARIANNA ESTHER G.

GAYATIN
BSHM MH 2-3

MODULE 3
PLUS-MINUS-INTERESTING
Plus - Best Features

● The study describes the cultural formation of a nation with a specific history of
the fall of empires and monarchies, including the specific advancements in
capitalism, literacy, and technology.
● The study also discusses the continuities between nations that came about in
different places and eras to understand and show the significant features of
nations and the seemingly strong power they have over their citizens.
● The study also features the profound differences amongst nations, both from the
era they were formed to today, pointing out how nations depend on history to
preserve many of their ingrained forms of political and social organization.
● The introduction emphasizes what’s significant about nationalism and why it’s
very different from other “political isms” that thousands of people die for it. In the
same way, the concept of what a “nation” is and how it is an “imagined political
community”.

Minus - Areas of Improvement

● The study needs to have a more concise, direct, and understandable approach to
suit “student demographics”.
● The discussions are often wordy when they could be explained in much simpler
terms. It is not an easy read with lengthy quotes, which can take away the spark
of interest in the discussion of nationalism.

Interesting - Striking Points

● It is an impressive examination of nationalism’s origin and provides an excellent

insight and examples on different countries to give a solid backup to its case-in-
point.

ASSESSMENT

1.) A nation is an “imagined political community” composed of people within a

territory governed by its own leader. Its existence relies on its communities being
united. It is imagined because its citizen may not know every other citizen in its
nation, but they are aware that they practice the same culture and existed
together in one nation - possibly event share the same ideology. Nationalism on
the other hand, is the love and patriotism you have for your country; it is what our
heroes have fought and died for - freedom from opressors and infiltration from
those who want to take away who we are, Filipinos.
2.) According to Anderson, we can imagine community because not every single
citizen will meet the other or know one another, yet they consider themselves
part of “political community” much like a family where they have the same origins,
“deep, horizontal comradership”, and mutual interests.
3.) Rizal and his works relate to Philippine nationalism because through his works
“nationalism” the love for country was awakened in Filipinos. The exposure of the
wrongdoings and corruption of the government officials and Spanish friars
triggered Filipnos to make a stand against exploitation and nepotism. His death
sparked the historic revolution for our freedom.