INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY

VINEET SHEKHAR
X-E
ROLL NO.-22
My Plan on How I intend to
investigation
•The very first thing I had done is that, I had let me
understand that what a Nationalism tells about as this project
is all about Nationalism and if I don’t have its knowledge
how I be able to made this with perfection.
•After studying about the nationalism , My task was to let it
be understood that whether nationalism has same meaning
for all or it differs for different contexts. I had investigated it
through the example of Nationalism in Colonial Power in
comparison with Colonized regions.
TOPIC
■ Compare the meaning of Nationalism
among Colonial Power versus Colonized
Region.
WHAT IS NATIONALISM ??

■ Nationalism is an ideology
and movement that promotes
the interests of a particular
nation, especially with the aim
of gaining and maintaining
the nation’s sovereignty over
its homeland.
“Nationalism as an Ideology is differs In
different contexts”
■ I agreed to this statement as different sections of
society can have different views on Nationalism.
■ To understand how a Ruler’s thought about
Nationalism is different from that of a common man we
have to see the perspective of different sections of
society on Nationalism
What can be the perspective of a ruler
for nationalism
Well,Rulers often mobilised
National Sentiments for
promoting state power and
achieving political domination
over the continent . For them,
Nationalism is all about making
their Nation more Powerful
What are the perspective of Middle
Class on Nationalism ??
■ Idea of Nationalism was very popular among the middle
class in 19th century Europe . Among them was popular
liberal Nationalism.
■ It stood for abolishment of Aristocratic privileges and
equality before the law. In the economic sphere , liberal
Nationalism stood for the freedom of markets and the
abolition of state imposed restrictions on the movements of
goods and capital.
Woman’s Perspective for Nationalism.

Gender, especially womanhood, is often defined in regards to the nation. Each nation
assigns gender roles to its citizens.In 19th century, Men in western nations were assigned
the roles of protector and laborer, whereas women were expected to play the roles of
mother and homemaker.But despite this they played a role in nationalist struggles.Women
had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political
meetings and demonstrations. In India also, Women actively participated in National
Movements. They held public meetings, organized picketing of shops selling foreign
alcohol and articles. Despite this, they were denied suffrage and political righits in most of
the cases. They viewed their role in national struggles as their duty.In Europe, Women
participation in national struggles was closely related to their own movement for equal
rights. They viewed nationalism as a tool to achieve this goal.
NATIONALISM IN COLONIAL
POWERS VS COLONISED REGIONS
WHO WERE THE COLONIAL POWERS?
Colonial powers were those nations who established their control over other
countries mostly by force with the aim of economic dominance. The major
colonial powers were Britain, France and other European countries.
WHAT WERE THE COLONIAL REGIONS?
Countries which were ruled by the colonial powers.
Nationalism in Colonial powers was closely linked to imperialism(It is the
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state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion,

especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and
economic control of other areas).Major Colonial powers manipulated the
nationalist aspirations to further their own imperialist aims. Whereas in
colonised regions, nationalism was intimately connected to the anti-colonial
movement. People began discovering their unity in the process of their
struggle with colonialism. The sense of being oppressed under colonialism
provided a shared bond that tiedmany different groups together.
Nationalism lead to imperialism in Colonial powers. It happened beacuse
nationalism pushed the governments of Britain, France, Germany, and other
European powers to compete, first in Europe and then around the world.
Nationalism motivated imperialists to take new colonies before their
competitors could.In colonies the opposition to imperialism led to the
growth of nationalism.
Nationalism in colonial powers grew due to the desire of becoming more
powerful and extending the the control of the nation beyond their own
territories.Whereas the nationalism in colonies was mainly about to get
freedom from the oppressive rule of foreign powers and establish
sovereignity. Examples of anti colonial nationalist movements are Indian
Struggle of Independence, Algerian War of Independence etc.

Nationalism inspired many of the world’s powerful countries to attack and

annex the other countries. But this in turn exposed the inhabitants of the
colonies to the idea of nationalism. Before long, native thinkers were
marketing their locally-made variants – and calling for national liberation.
Once the colonial powers weakened, the anti-colonial movement swiftly
triumphed
Another major difference is the creation of
nation states.The colonial powers were already
established nation states whereas the anti
colonial nationalist movements against the
colonisers led to creation of nation states in
colonised regions.
CONCLUSION
AFTER READING THIS PPT ONE CAN CONCLUDE THAT

NATIONALISM IS:-
1. The achievement of world peace and global understanding
2. The desire to take over other societies by force{FOR KINGS}
3. A method of solving basic economic problems of the society
4. The loyalty of a people to their values, traditions, and a geographic region