In the Civil War time period, the Ku Klux Klan could be considered a unifying and dis-unifying force. If you think about it, it was unifying because it brought strong radicals of the south ( the southern democrats) together to try and pass their beliefs and show they did not want to be part of the union again, and show that they do indeed hate blacks or any other minority for that matter and were willing to do whatever it took (even murder) to get that point across. These acts were quite disruptive; they broke the law, committed heinous crimes, I'm sure without even explaining you know what they were notorious for. So yeah, if it comes down to it the KKK could be considered in most cases a unifying and dis-unifying force.
Nationalism is a unifying force when the people being united are similar in race, culture, religion, language, etc. It brings common people together into a new definition, basically it makes a bigger group.
Nationalism is a dis-unifying force when people who are not similar are united under a single nation. Differences keep people at distance from eachother and can only be overcome by destroying their former institutions and principles which kept them as a distinct and strong people (race, culture, religion, language, etc.) and molding a new one.
Both! in my global studies class its been proven that Nationalism is both a Unifying Force or one that creates disunity amongst people and/or nations.
expansionism or nationalism.:p
In the late 1800s and the early 1900s, it was nationalism that was both a uniting and troublesome force. Nationalism is pride in one's nation.
It unified the nations of Italy and Germany, but split apart the multi-national empires, such as the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian empire.
It could help to unify the people because they all had one thing to believe in together. It could disunity if something goes wrong with the country.
In your tag you mention the Civil War, now in that time period the Ku Klux Klan could be considered a unifying and disruptive force. If you think about it, it was unifying because it brought strong radicals of the south ( the southern democrats) together to try and pass their beliefs and show they did not want to be part of the union again, and show that they do indeed hate blacks or any other minority for that matter and were willing to do whatever it took (even murder) to get that point across. These acts were quite disruptive; they broke the law, committed heinous crimes, I'm sure without even explaining you know what they were notorious for so yeah.. If it comes down to it the KKK could be considered in most cases a unifying and disruptive force. Written by: Rob
Both movements were based on unifying groups with linguistic, cultural, and ethnic similarities.
Both acted as a unifying force in europe
Oversimplified, the major unifying force of Europe during the middle ages was universal Christianity (both Roman Catholic and Orthodox) providing an us-vs-them mentality in oppostion to their Islamic foes in the Ottoman Empire, the caliphates (abbasid, fatimid, etc.), the Emirate of Cordoba, and Al-Andulas.
Nationalism's power to unite and tear apart attempts to suppress nationalism was the ultimate result of nationalism because of the competition that grew from within.
Both nationalism and patriotism indicate the relationship of the individual with his community of people.
Both led to militarism ;