Nationalism and National Interest in Globalization Era

The nationalism is composed of two words, including national and ism (means belief). The word translated into Farsi as national independ-ence and chauvinism. Some researchers believe that the belief exists among nations since ancient era. However, the modern phenomenon has appeared in two recent centuries after the French revolution and led to many events and developments in different aspects around the world. Also, the belief led to collapse of traditional states composed of different nations and heterogeneous ethnicities and consequently resulted in nation-states consists of people who have common political, cultural feature and ethnic background. The political school has changed the map of the world several times and caused destructive world wars. There are several kinds of nationalism because different nations perceive it differently.