Critique Assignment. Social Sciences Assignment.

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The chapter’s discussion is based on ‘Domesticating Nationalism.’ The author explains that human beings have always organized in tribes, families, principalities, cities, and religious communities. As such, the idea of a nation is not very natural. Although in the wake of French and American revolutions, the nation had become a powerful history driver, it significantly remained an elites’ project. According to the author, nationalism consists of destructive forces such as religious intolerance, ethnic hatred, destruction, and war. For example, people in a country define themselves as footballers, doers, thinkers, and residents or citizens of cities. However, they need to be themselves because the cultural differences between nations such as England and Germany, or France and Italy, are often small and depend on the language spoken by people, their cultural practices, and the type of food they eat among others.
Approximately five decades ago, the European Union faced increasingly multifaceted policy challenges and attempted to pull its resources together. The political leaders who engaged in integrating Europe were united, and as a result, the voters had to follow suit. Countries nearing Europe that had not been nationalist decided to join the club. However, countries such as Latin America and Africa decided to construct their regional alliances. Influential thinkers claimed that the European Union was representing the future of international politics. Therefore, many political professors held the perception that nationalism was bound as development improved to become marginal and outgrow its utility.
The author further discusses that the differences between the two nations are more wide-ranging. For example, the differences between German and British are confined to language food, temperament, humor, collective values, and personal outlook. According to the author, nationalism is resurgent across the globe, as supranational standards appear to be in retreat. In the postwar period, the European Union member countries gave more power to Brussels. Unfortunately, the governments never or rarely consulted their citizens on making decisions. Therefore, at the start of the 20th century, the citizens in various European countries stunned the political class when given a chance to cast their votes on European integration. Countries such as Irish, Dutch, and French voted against the proposed strategy towards integration.
The author states that nationalism resurgence has been also witnessed in other countries outside the European Union. For instance, in Eastern and Central Europe, democratic governments have enlisted a suspicious, jealous, and xenophobic nationalism against copious democracy. As the author illustrates, countries such as China and India that have persisted in determining the future world order are reviving from nationalism. However, it seems that a post-national future can only occur in 2036 or 2054, although it seems to be implausible. As such, nationalism will remain in the 21st century as it was in the 19th and 20th centuries. It has been accompanied by a defined political force that has led to the ...