The ideas of nation and nationalism from the Enlightenment spread to the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and “inspired efforts in many countries to abolish slavery, to extend the right to vote, to develop constitutions, and to secure greater equality for women” (Strayer, 784). The Chinese revolution leader Sun Yat-sen indicated that “nationalism…has to do with human nature and applies to everyone…The root of nationalism…simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power” (Strayer, 964). The India’s modern leader Gandhi said that India was in a sad condition and “India is being ground down, not under the English heel, but under that of modern civilization…So understanding and so believing, it behooves every lover of India to cling to the Indian civilization even as a child clings to the mother’s breast” (Strayer, 920). Eight Sun or Gandhi inspired the idea of nationalism and civilization to their countries and leaded their people to be
The ideas of nation and nationalism from the Enlightenment spread to the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and “inspired efforts in many countries to abolish slavery, to extend the right to vote, to develop constitutions, and to secure greater equality for women” (Strayer, 784). The Chinese revolution leader Sun Yat-sen indicated that “nationalism…has to do with human nature and applies to everyone…The root of nationalism…simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power” (Strayer, 964). The India’s modern leader Gandhi said that India was in a sad condition and “India is being ground down, not under the English heel, but under that of modern civilization…So understanding and so believing, it behooves every lover of India to cling to the Indian civilization even as a child clings to the mother’s breast” (Strayer, 920). Eight Sun or Gandhi inspired the idea of nationalism and civilization to their countries and leaded their people to be