Irish nationalist graffiti, Derry 1986, with evidence of vandalism.

Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.

For a more in-depth examination of nationalism overall, see the main article entitled nationalism.

Ethnic nationalism denotes a political ideology where the "nation" is defined in terms of ethnicity. Whatever specific ethnicity is involved, ethnic nationalism always includes some element of descent from previous generations. It also includes ideas of a culture shared between members of the group, and with their ancestors, and usually a shared language. Image File history File links NIrelandDerryFreeJM.jpg Summary Taken and donated by John Mullen. ... Image File history File links NIrelandDerryFreeJM.jpg Summary Taken and donated by John Mullen. ... An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A caricature of Gustave Courbet taking down a Morris column, published by Le Père Duchêne illustré magazine Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement destruction of a structure or symbol against the will of the owner/governing body. ... Image File history File links Theodore_Herzl. ... Image File history File links Theodore_Herzl. ... Theodor Herzl, in his middle age. ... Poster promoting a film about Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1930s: Toward a New Life (in Romanian),The Promised Land (in Hungarian), the small caption (bottom) reads First Palestinian film with sound Zionism is a national liberation movement,[1] a nationalist[2] and political movement that supports a homeland for the... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix Nationalism is an ideology [1] that holds that a nation is the fundamental unit for human social life, and takes precedence over any other social and political principles. ... An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...

Whereas a purely cultural definition of "the nation" allows people to become members of a nation by cultural assimilation, and a purely linguistic definition seeing "the nation" as all speakers of a specific language would make all those who learned the language members of the nation, the emphasis in the definition of nations (among nationalist movements) since the 19th century has shifted from language, culture, and folklore to a basis in ethnic origin. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The theorist Anthony D. Smith uses the term 'ethnic nationalism' for non-Western concepts of nationalism as opposed to Western views of a nation defined by its geographical territory. Ethnic nationalism is now the dominant form of nationalism in the world, and is often referred to simply as 'nationalism'. ^{[citation needed]} For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix Nationalism is an ideology [1] that holds that a nation is the fundamental unit for human social life, and takes precedence over any other social and political principles. ...

The central political claim of ethnic nationalism is that each ethnic group on earth is entitled to some degree of self-determination. Solutions facilitating such self-determination vary widely, from calls for self-regulated administrative bodies within an already-established society, to an autonomous entity separate from that society, to a sovereign state removed from that society. Self-determination is a principle in international law that a people ought to be able to determine their own governmental forms and structure free from outside influence. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern a society, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ...

Though he would renounce such views in 1964, Malcolm X was a pioneer of black nationalism.

Membership of an ethnically defined nation is hereditary. A nation-state for the ethnic group derives political legitimacy from its status as homeland of that ethnic group, from its protective function against colonisation, persecution or racism, and from its claim to facilitate the shared cultural and social life (which may not have been possible under the ethnic group's previous status as an ethnic minority). Malcolm X. Found at http://lcweb. ... Malcolm X. Found at http://lcweb. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... Black nationalism is a political and social movement arising in the 1960s and early 70s mostly among African Americans in the United States. ... The term nation-state, while often used interchangeably with the terms unitary state and independent state, refers properly to the parallel occurence of a state and a nation. ... A homeland is the concept of the territory to which one belongs; usually, the country in which a particular nationality was born. ... Colonisation (or colonization) is the act where life forms move into a distant area where their kind is sparse or not yet existing at all and set up new settlements in the area. ... An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water cooler at a racially segregated street car terminal in the United States in 1939. ... This article is about the concept of a minority. ...

See also

• Ethnic group
• Historiography and nationalism
• Black nationalism
• Chicano nationalism
• Ethnocentrism
• Greater Serbia
• Identity politics
• Latin nationalism
• Irish nationalism
• German nationalism
• White nationalism
• Zionism
• British Nationalism