Rodriguez-Fernandez A. M.

Nationalist ideologies of “mass action” in South and Southeast Asia before and after World War II P.  69 –76/

UDC 94(54+59)(09)

DOI 10.37724/RSU.2023.80.3.006

 

Abstract. The article is devoted to certain problems of the development of social thought of the nations of South and Southeast Asia. The specifics of these regions, bearing the imprint of Hindu, Buddhist and Confucian traditions, determined the specificity of the formation of the so-called “ideologies of mass action” during the period of capitalist transformations of the 20th century.

Starting from late 19th and early 20th century, moderate liberals and radicals together sought national liberation, the elimination of tyranny, and civil rights. But at the same time, for a long time (until the end of World War II), the spiritual leaders were against mass armed struggle because of unpredictable results, the danger of anarchy and the inevitability of bloodshed. The national, predominantly liberal consciousness was dominated by ideas about the need to prepare the people for independence (in the colonies, through economic and cultural development with the help of the mother nation, and in dependent states, through reforms and comprehensive modernization of society), about the importance of national unity, achievable through formation people’s patriotic consciousness, a sense of national community, and development of modern education. It was considered necessary to modernize democratic traditions where they had existed and to stimulate the development of political activity in less developed societies. At the same time, the regional specifics, including the cultural and religious traditions of their population, consisted in a higher tolerance for colonial structures than, for example, in the Muslim world or even in the Catholic Philippines.

However, already in the first half of the 20th century, the circumstances led many to the idea of admissibility and in some cases even necessity of mass violent actions in order to achieve national goals. Nationalist youth were influenced by practices of anarchist terror and revolutionary extremism in Europe and Russia.

After the Second World War, the process of radicalization of the movement for independence, progressive development and social justice ended with the collapse of the colonial system, but at the same time created new forms of dependence.

 

Keywords: ideology, colonialism, liberalism, nationalism, independence, non-violence, propaganda, development, radicalism, theories.

 

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