Essays on Nationhood

Climate change is having many impacts, but perhaps the most worrying of these is the rise in sea levels expected through ocean warming and melting of polar sea ice. Climate change is being caused by the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG), caused by the burning of fossil fuels, which is impacting upon the Greenhouse Effect. The tiny nation of Kiribati, located in the central Pacific Ocean, is perhaps one of the most vulnerable nations on earth to be affected by climate change. Comprising a land area of only 800 square kilometers, its coral atolls and reef islands are ...

Pepetela can be rightly placed in the category of the modern thinkers of the world. For one to get a grasp of his theory, one must go through a series of his works which reveals his ideals and thoughts about the contemporary society and with a bias to the Angolan nation. Indeed, much of the works of Pepetela concentrate on the nationalism struggle, the reality of nation building, colonialism and its attendant consequences.

In his theory, Pepetela debunks the mythology on the Angolan society. He first casts aspersions onto the concept of nationhood as understood by most people. He observes that ...

Summary of the Article

The article generally focuses on the various blocs that are in existence throughout the global arena. He highlights several factors into perspectives concerning mainly the extent at which such persons have advanced in formulating and crafting adequate policy framework that can be used to effectively mold the global peaceful co-existence and the rapid climate change. These factors are being ironed out by the author to stipulate the fact that, the global scene is in prone to abject mayhem if lack of proper regulatory framework is put in place to control and ensure that every ...

Perceived ‘Oriental’ qualities of ‘Chineseness,’ ‘femininity,’ and ‘mystery’” are what “separate Chinese and Western audience preferences for Zhang Yimou’s films and Gong Li’s images” Over the past years, the Chinese Cinema has proved to receive a lot of attention. Popular film directors like Zhang Yimou have scooped several awards at prestigious world film festivals. Many of these films seem to have a major focus on the issues of nationhood and the national identity. Sheldon Lu’s argument that “perceived ‘oriental’ qualities of ‘Chineseness,’ ‘feminity,’ and ‘mystery’ are truly the separating elements of the Chinese audience preferences from the ...

Music has for years without number formed an integral part of mankind from its very existence. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in acknowledging this fundamental and pivotal role of music stated asserts that music is a universal language. According to him, human beings, through music are able to communicate their emotions, feelings and attitudes towards various issues within the society. Songs have been crafted to touch and influence almost every aspect of the human life-from birth to dating, romance and marriage to death and life supposedly thereafter, to events in-between, sports, work as well as politics, the list is endless. Every event, ...

Introduction

Caribbean countries are those countries that underwent centuries of exploitation through slavery and indentureship. The whole Caribbean region entails; State members of CARICOM, Spanish-speaking Cuba and the Dominica Republican, The semiautonomous states of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The British Overseas territories, The US Territories, The US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and territory of the US Virgin Islands.( Wharton, F.1997).

The territories of the Republic of France

The region has several cultural differences due to the existence of different ethnic groups for example, English, Dutch and French. (Wharton, F. 1997). Colonization of the region not only led to psychological, environmental, social and economic damage but also ...

Discussion Questions

Question 1: The view of symbolic violence as the product of a deeply ingrained sense of dominance within some sections of society is apt in describing the complexity with which the former is associated. For instance, society has in the past placed man on top of the social hierarchy and relegated women to subservience based on ancient norms and traditions. This then means that it would be inaccurate to assume that such skewed view of the social framework could be revised through simple appeals to the will as a way of redefining people’s interpretations of the role of each ...

In ideal terms, one’s response to this debate should be straightforward: the principle of self-determination would seem to be at the heart of the notions of freedom and democracy, and, therefore, in principle, every group that claims to be a nation should, in principle, be allowed to have their own state, but the real world is far messier than the ideal. There are distinct problems with allowing this principle to be exercised across the globe, and, because each call for nationhood occurs in a slightly (sometimes radically) different context, there can be no single solution which can be applied across ...