Common Beliefs
- Shared beliefs are what make a country.
The existence of a nation is contingent upon the beliefs that people have about it. - Voice of the nation’s people: Remarks on their attitude or physical attributes should be avoided.
- It describes the shared identity and future goals of a group that hopes to exist politically on its own.
- A country’s survival is determined by the collective sense of identity among its people.
Assumptions About Nation Class 11 Polity Notes
It is a widely held belief that nations are made up of people who share particular characteristics, such as language, race, religion, or lineage. However, there isn’t a set of traits that are shared by all countries. There are several countries without a common language; Canada is one of them. Both English- and French-speaking peoples reside in Canada.
India is home to several languages that are spoken by various people and in various places. Nor do many countries have a religion that unites them. The same may be argued for other attributes like ancestry or race. What then constitutes a nation? Let us identify and understand some of the assumptions which people make about the nation.