{"id":130839,"date":"2021-09-02T19:39:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=130839"},"modified":"2021-09-02T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:13:49","slug":"where-liberalism-and-nationalism-are-placed-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/where-liberalism-and-nationalism-are-placed-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Where liberalism and nationalism are placed in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201cWhere liberalism and nationalism are placed in Asia<\/strong>\u201d published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 2nd September 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: This article explains India\u2019s presence in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liberalism and nationalism<\/a> mean different things to different people, and the two concepts are often considered mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h5>\n

Nationalism may take various forms but essentially, it is about collective identity, whereas liberalism implies the defence of individual freedom and self-determination.<\/p>\n

The liberal tradition contributes the ideas such as free trade, international law, multilateralism, environmental protection and human rights. But the problems arise when such ideas become a doctrine for nation-building.<\/p>\n

What is the difference between nationalism and liberalism?<\/h5>\n

Nationalism<\/strong> may take various forms but essentially, it is about collective identity, whereas liberalism<\/strong> implies the defence of individual freedom and self-determination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Liberalism<\/strong> can underpin universal rights and Adam Smith\u2019s natural laws of economics. But its appeal is mainly to the professional<\/strong>, educated class and lacks nationalism\u2019s emotional appeal.<\/p>\n

How was nationalism in India got shaped during independence?<\/h5>\n

Before Indian independence, nationalism was regarded with suspicion. For instance,\u00a0Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong> had considered it a malign ideology and supported the values of internationalism and universalism<\/strong>. On the other hand, VD Savarkar<\/strong> supported Hindutva nationalism with Buddha\u2019s universalism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Jawaharlal Nehru<\/strong> saw merit in nationalism. For instance, in 1953, he mentioned, \u201cnationalism has been and is a very good thing<\/strong>. It has been a great liberating force in certain stages of a country\u2019s history\u201d. But he also feared that extreme nationalism<\/strong> could degenerate into fascism and expansionism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How the Asian Democracy is different from Western Democracy?<\/h5>\n

Democracy in Asia<\/strong> is not shaped by the liberalism of the West. The centrality of civil and political rights is less<\/strong> and a degree of state intervention<\/strong> is considered acceptable when it comes to individual autonomy.<\/p>\n

How will nationalism and liberalism be reflected in a future Asia?<\/h5>\n

Both India and China were at the receiving end of western imperialism<\/strong> and emerged as supporters of principles of international society<\/strong> reflected in the Panchsheel, namely sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference.<\/p>\n

The two leading Asian nations, India and China, used the present world system to their rise<\/strong> while protesting against the control of the United Nations<\/strong> and world financial institutions.<\/p>\n

But they both have not formulated any alternative based on Asian nationalism. Their current rivalry makes any such formulation an impossible one.<\/p>\n

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Source: This post is based on the article \u201cWhere liberalism and nationalism are placed in Asia\u201d published in The Hindu on 2nd September 2021. Relevance: This article explains India\u2019s presence in the South China Sea. Synopsis Liberalism and nationalism mean different things to different people, and the two concepts are often considered mutually exclusive. Introduction… Continue reading Where liberalism and nationalism are placed in Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-130839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704607193},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}