DEFINITION

Nationalism is an ideology that emphasizes

THE EVOLUTION OF AND
loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or EXPLANATIONS FOR THE ORIGINS OF
nation-state and holds that such obligations THE STATE AND NATION STATE

outweigh other individual or group interests.

NATIONALISM As the state and nation state have
been discussed, scholars have
NATIONALISM

DEFINITION advanced the hypothesis that the

nation-state was an inadvertent
A nation is a community of people with a byproduct of 15th century
intellectual discoveries in political
NATION common language, history, culture, and
economy, capitalism, mercantilism,
(usually) geographic territory.
political geography, and geography
combined with cartography and
advances in map-making
NATION RELATION TO STATE technologies. There are theories
NATION-STATE that the nation existed first, then
nationalist movements for
A nation state must share a common sovereignty occurred, and the
national identity, have physical borders, and nation-state was formed. Some
be governed by a single government. This "modernization theories" of
distinguishes it from other types of states, nationalism view it as a result of
government efforts aimed at
such as the city-state, which lacked fixed
unifying and modernizing an already
borders, and kingdoms, which lacked a
existent state.
shared culture.
 “How does Rizal and his work relate to
Philippine nationalism?”

Through his works, Jose Rizal's awakening to the persecution of

Spanish conquerors influenced the country and fellow Filipinos' sense
of nationality. Noli Me Tangere (Do Not Touch Me) and El Filibusterismo
(The Subversive or Subversion) are two of Jose Rizal's most famous
compositions. The aforementioned writings made the Filipino people
aware of the hardships endured by the colonizers. The subject of these
works includes the administration's suffering and shared position,
insistence on the spread of Catholic faith as a tool of domination,
displaying sorrow, and overall condemnation of the Spanish
government's manipulations and corruption.