POSC 3053 MODERN POLITICAL THEORIES

Term Paper

NATIONALISM

As we embrace this ironic view in life that change is the only permanent thing in this world, questions arise on what urges the human to be in this type of nation. A Human has the capability to decide on his own perspective, abilities are given to us and we are consider as the highest form of being. It doesn’t mean that animals don’t have the ability, the difference between animal and individual is: the latter being trained to do well while the former are gifted.

Man has the various senses unlike any other species. We can analyze the probability and developed more things on our own thinking. The time we spend for our progress does not define our intelligence, it merely discusses the difference between individuals.

Giuseppe Mazzini: THE DUTIES OF MAN

Explains that the man’s absolute duty is to serve his family and spread humanity to his community, followed by his patriotism. This book declares that the nation that has a united and organize form of government is the highest state above all. To achieve the organize nation is to be united by language, economic goals, principles and cultures.

Mazini believes that God created the divine design of unity until the greedy monarch proposed different political ideologies and intervene with corruption and various anomalies.

Oh my brother, love your country!

Our country is our home,

The house that God has given us.

Theodor Herzl: THE JEWISH STATE

In the early life of Herzl, he had already observed the difference between the lifestyle of German people and a Jewish national. He then asked his self on why this matter came up when everyone is consider equal from the beginning. Jewish people experience extreme oppression from the Germans.

Theodor, as a part of secular Jewish family, became the Father of Modern Political Zionism. Zionism is synonymous with the word Jerusalem and a movement for the re-establishment of nationalist Jews. This supports the Jewish culture and the historic land of Israel.  

 “The rich can make you famous,

But only the poor can make you a hero.”

Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf “My Struggle”

Edited by Deputy Rudolf Hess, this book is an autobiography of the national socialist Adolf Hitler. The first volume discusses the early life of Adolf with his parents. The second volume explains that strong man is the mightiest alone. The reason Hitler targets the Jewish people is because he had an ideology that to destroy the weak and sick is far more humane than to let them live and have protection. For Hitler, it is just a waste of money, time and effort. 

“Those who want to live,

let them fight,

And those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle

do not deserve to live.”