WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nationalism is the strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. Also, the belief that a people who share a common language, history, and culture should constitute an independent nation, free of foreign domination.

Detailed explanation-2: -It holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is often seen as originating with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and especially the social contract theories which take their name from his 1762 book The Social Contract. Civic nationalism lies within the traditions of rationalism and liberalism, but as a form of nationalism it is contrasted with ethnic nationalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nationhood refers to the status of belonging to a nation(-state) or to a national identity. Nationalism in turn can be defined as a set of beliefs and symbols expressing an identification with a given national community and efforts aimed at the establishment and/or maintenance of a sovereign nation-state.