Nationalism vs. Cosmopolitanism
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Topic: Nationalism vs. Cosmopolitanism
Chairman:
Robert Light
Moderator:
Spencer Sinclaire
Meetup Date:
Wednesday, May 13th, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a 15 minute break at 8:00 p.m.
Meetup Location:
Upstairs at The Bent Mast, 512 Simcoe St. Victoria, BC, V8V 1L8
Members:
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Quotes:
"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world." ~Eugene Debs
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."~ Charles de Gaulle
Synopsis:
Cosmopolitanism is the idea that all human beings are members of a single community. Cosmopolitanism is both prescriptive and aspirational, believing humans can and should be "world citizens" in a "universal community". The idea encompasses different dimensions and avenues of community, such as promoting universal moral standards, establishing global political structures, or developing a platform for mutual cultural expression and tolerance.
Cosmopolitanism can be defined as a global politics that, firstly, projects a sociality of common political engagement among all human beings across the globe, and, secondly, suggests that this sociality should be either ethically or organizationally privileged over other forms of sociality.
Nationalism is an ideology or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty (self-determination) over its perceived homeland to create a nation-state. It holds that the nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-governance), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power. It further aims to build, and maintain, a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, homeland, language, politics (or government), religion, traditions, or belief in a shared singular history, and to promote national unity or solidarity.
Watch: "What is Nationalism? (Philosophical Definition)" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_1psmJiMYPQ?si=fpqgNpLDj_YkR9fU
Watch "Cosmopolitanism in 3 minutes" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WyXmRxP05bM?si=s7NmDihdjwvhmTTS