Blood And Belonging

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anything. This is a large contributor to the reasons for the
extreme violence present there today. The author states, "A
Croat, thus, is someone who is not a Serb. A Serb is
someone who is not a Croat." This quotation profoundly
expresses the short-sighted mentality present in their conflict.
In his travels in Germany, the author points out an important
question. Does the nation make the state, or the state the
nation? This question by far does not stop here, especially
when Germany is the subject. The essence of the German
people is seen by some as aggressive and offensive, thus the
existence of the German problem. If the nation makes the
state then Germany will always be a threat. If the state
makes the nation, then the aggressive nature of the German
nation, which lead the world into two global wars, can be
harnessed and redirected. The question has its roots and
answers in the recent reunification of Germany. The Ukraine
is concerned with not being Russian. It is here ...

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that this is the ideal place to conclude his
project. Northern Ireland contains a recurrence of the
themes that seemed so prevalent in the other journeys. In
Ireland ethnicity, religion and politics are all bound into one
expression or identity. These are also evident in the five
previous studies. Is Michael Ignatieff's work relevant? The
answer to this question is, yes it is. The issue is important.
Nationalism presents itself as a phenomenon. The questions
of why people need to retain a cultural identity and the way
they go about preserving it is still unanswerable. Evermore
unfathomable is the violence permeated through nationalistic
expressions, which are "necessary" by the ...

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