Nationalism or Global Identity? | Surabhi Goswami-Christiansen | TEDxCopenhagen

At a time when we live in a global world, highly dependent on each other, why then do we think national? Will increasing nationalism equip us to solve global problems that threaten our future? This talk examines why rethinking our identity and recognizing our global identity is critical to affect our politics and policies for a better tomorrow. For over 10 years, Surabhi has communicated on global humanitarian issues for international bodies such as the European Parliament and United Nations agencies. As a migrant, she holds a personal and academic interest in issues of identity, community and belonging, and seeks to understand them with an intersectional approach.
She holds an MA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark and UCL Institute of Education, UK, and is the recipient of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship from the European Union. She is the author of Networked Diasporas: Constructing Identity and Community on Social Networking Sites (2011). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@Contentcreator1_1]

Good explaination

[@americanliberal09]

"hphm" Forget nationalism. Individuality is a lot more important than these so-called nations. 😎

[@slutsagainstsupremacy1561]

love

[@Pemon]

oh man ... we're goin down

[@nyobserver6946]

What a bunch of rubbish. Cultures across the world are too different to be able to coexist under the same political authority. Hence the need for nation states. Arguing otherwise is arguing for the cultural assimilation of other peoples to your preferred culture, a form of genocide. Or, arguing for the destruction of civilized society. Too many people with too different views cannot possibly live under the same roof. Maybe superstates can be possible in certain places where there is enough cultural homogeneity like Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, East Asia but the world will still have to be divided. Regardless, with the human rights records of countries like the US, USSR, China, and even the EU why would anyone think a superstate big brother entity is preferable.

[@sakshikumari5621]

Have you heard about SANATAN DHARMA? It is like fertile land on which any crop can grow. It accepted every culture as it had the ideology of loving everyone. If you love everyone, who can you hate? India is the best example. For centuries many religions have lived on this same land.

[@ashutoshraina9957]

The National Problems that we face are much graver than the Global ones. We need to address them simultaneously

[@rasmusholmgard1290]

Great talk! Brilliantly spirited delivery of a theme that was never more relevant than in these COVID-19 days where the automatic reaction of most countries is to close all national borders. Epidemiologically it may be the proper response, but still it's an interesting paradox that we act against a global crisis by turning our backs to the world and exclusively concentrating on saving ourselves and our economies. Gobalism may well be the future, but clearly most of us are not quite there yet.

[@marcusrosales3344]

We are probably too tribal to actually end up doing this. Gotta get far more progressive before we transcend these innate instincts. Maybe we can, but I honestly think certain cultures which do not currently have freedom of thought have a harder time accepting other view points than the crowd being preached to does.

[@ilgenis]

Global identity.