Abstract Nationalism is an ideology embraced by people upholding a strong belief in the values and unique qualities of their own nation and thereby in the process asserting their superiority over other nations. This superiority feeling of the people is grounded in the shared religion, ethnicity, language, culture, or shared values. Nationalism as an ideology makes it possible for millions of people who have never and will never meet each other to care about each, to share a common goal, to kill and die for each- thus, it can be said that Nationalism as an ideology finds its existence in the minds of the individuals, in the symbolic imaginations of the people that creates a feeling of belongingness. This paper talks about the origin of the concept of ‘Nationalism’ as a political and cultural phenomenon. Most research studies have looked at Nationalism as a political phenomenon, but the interrelation of Nationalism and culture has been emphasized since Benedict Anderson’s work on...
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