Question
How did nationalism threaten the existing political order of the nineteenth century?
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Reed
Is there something about this question you do not understand? What does your textbook say?
Jessica
single most powerful European political ideology of the 19th and early 20th centuries
political outlook, nationalism was and is based on the relatively modern concept that a nation is composed of people who are joined together by the bonds of common language
as well as common customs, culture, and history
bonds should be administered by the same government, nationalists in the past and present contend that political and ethnic boundaries should coincide
belief that one is part of a nation, defined as a community with its own language, traditions, customs, and history that distinguish it from other nations and make it the primary focus of a person's loyalty and sense of identity
political outlook, nationalism was and is based on the relatively modern concept that a nation is composed of people who are joined together by the bonds of common language
as well as common customs, culture, and history
bonds should be administered by the same government, nationalists in the past and present contend that political and ethnic boundaries should coincide
belief that one is part of a nation, defined as a community with its own language, traditions, customs, and history that distinguish it from other nations and make it the primary focus of a person's loyalty and sense of identity
Reed
Okay, so how is this different from earlier ways of thinking? What was the existing political order? What was it based on? Military power? Religion? What?
Jessica
The political order of the 19th century, at the time combined people of many nationalities who wanted their own governments.