Yaksh ChaudharyAIR 6 · CSE 2021 · 166 wordsTheir whole copy
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Ethnonationalism refers to the strong attachment and a psychic state of connectedness to one's ethnicity.
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Through Ethnonationalism, people try to garner more support from the ethnicity members. It improves the social solidarity among the members of ethnic group.
The ethnic group provides an identity and bond for the people.
With high modernisation and globalisation, the homogenising tendencies have forced people to clung to their old identities like- Ethnicity,
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to get emotional support. Ethno-nationalism also acts as an instrument of social adjustment in the new place. However ethno-nationalism has also infused cleavages in the society. It has fuelled the secessionist tendencies also - for ex- Nagaland group (Nagas) are demanding separate country. After independence also, the Dravidian movement had the roots in the ethnic identities and ethnonationalism. Tribal Conflicts in the North east India can be attributed to ethnonationalism ex-tribal conflict in Tripura against Brus. Hence Ethnonationalism is a concept that defines strong attachment of people to their ethnic group. It has some positives and some negatives.