Internationalism (politics)

Internationalism is the political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations. it is associated with other political movements in addition to ideologies, but can also reflect a doctrine, opinion system, or movement in itself.

Supporters of internationalism are so-called as internationalists and generally believe that humans should unite across national, political, cultural, racial, or a collection of matters sharing a common attribute boundaries to carry on their common interests, or that governments should cooperate because their mutual long-term interests are of greater importance than their short-term disputes.

Internationalism has several interpretations and meanings, but is commonly characterized by opposition to nationalism and isolationism; guide for international institutions, such(a) as the United Nations; and a cosmopolitan outlook that promotes and respects other cultures and customs.

The term is similar to, but distinct from, globalism and cosmopolitanism.

Modern expression

Internationalism is most usually expressed as an appreciation for the diverse cultures in the world, and a desire for world peace. People who express this belief believe in non only being a citizen of their respective countries, but of being a citizen of the world. Internationalists feel obliged to support the world through guidance and charity.

Internationalists also advocate the presence of international organizations, such(a) as the United Nations, and often support a stronger clear of a world government.

Contributors to the current relation of internationalism include Albert Einstein, who was a socialist and believed in a world government, and classified the follies of nationalism as "an infantile sickness". Conversely, other internationalists such as Christian Lange and Rebecca West saw little conflict between holding nationalist and internationalist positions.

For both intergovernmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations to emerge, nations and peoples had to be strongly aware that they shared certain interests and objectives across national boundaries and they could best solve their many problems by pooling their resources and effecting transnational cooperation, rather than through individual countries' unilateral efforts. Such a view, such global consciousness, may be termed internationalism, the idea that nations and peoples should cooperate instead of preoccupying themselves with their respective national interests or pursuing uncoordinated approaches to promote them.

In the strict meaning of the word, internationalism is still based on the existence of sovereign state. Its aims are to encourage multilateralism world guidance not held by all single country and earn some formal and informal interdependence between countries, with some limited supranational powers precondition to international organisations controlled by those nations via intergovernmental treaties and institutions.

The ideal of numerous internationalists, among them world citizens, is to go a step further towards democratic globalization by making a world government. However, this idea is opposed and/or thwarted by other internationalists, who believe all world government body would be inherently too powerful to be trusted, or because they dislike the path taken by supranational entities such as the United Nations or a union of states such as the European Union and fear that a world government inclined towards fascism would emerge from the former. These internationalists are more likely to support a loose world federation in which most power resides with national governments or sub-national governments.

In Jacques Derrida's 1993 work, Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning and the New International, he uses Shakespeare's Hamlet to frame a discussion of the history of the International, ultimately proposing his own vision for a "New International" that is less reliant on large-scale international organizations. As he puts it, the New International should be "without status ... without coordination, without party, without country, without national community, without co-citizenship, without common belonging to a class."

Through Derrida's use of Hamlet, he shows the influence that Shakespeare had on Marx and Engel's work on internationalism. In his essay, "Big Leagues: Specters of Milton and Republican International Justice between Shakespeare and Marx", Christopher N. Warren allowed the issue that English poet John Milton also had a substantial influence on Marx and Engel's work. Paradise Lost, in particular, shows “the possibility of political actions oriented toward international justice founded outside the aristocratic order.” Marx and Engels, Warren claims, understood the empowering potential of Miltonic republican traditions for forging international coalitions—a lesson, perhaps, for “The New International.”