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According to the book "The Right to Self-Dertimination of Nations" by Dr. Günter Decker we can define a Naion in 4 ways:
1. definition - objective criteria:
- connected territory
- same language
- same religion
- same culture
- same history
- same biological ancestry (race)
- same national consciousness
- same state
Mostly lacks one or more of these objective criteria, than there is the question, how big is the criterion and whether it´s still enough to define the nation.
This could be a problem if a nation wants to log out from an established state(s).
Than there is a need for ethnologists, historicans, cartographer and statisticians to solve this problem.
2. historical-political definition:
- Nearly the same like 1. definition - objective criteria.
3. definition - subjective criteria:
- The will of the people to be a nation
Every individual has the right to admit him/herself to a nation.
But the nation can´t be defined only by the will of individulas because of mood swings of (unqualified) individuals and than the inhabitans of a nation had to make every day or every year an election whether they are or belong to the nation or not.
The will must be in form of the result of elections in parliamentary units.
4. Combined definition:
A combination of objective and subjective criteria.
But this is only possible if the nation excludes primitive communities which have an ethnical commen ground but don´t have the will to a national existence.
See at all points, we Assyrians are a Nation, The Assyrian Nation.
Source: "The Right of Nations to Self-Determination" by Dr. Günter Decker
1. definition - objective criteria:
- connected territory
- same language
- same religion
- same culture
- same history
- same biological ancestry (race)
- same national consciousness
- same state
Mostly lacks one or more of these objective criteria, than there is the question, how big is the criterion and whether it´s still enough to define the nation.
This could be a problem if a nation wants to log out from an established state(s).
Than there is a need for ethnologists, historicans, cartographer and statisticians to solve this problem.
2. historical-political definition:
- Nearly the same like 1. definition - objective criteria.
3. definition - subjective criteria:
- The will of the people to be a nation
Every individual has the right to admit him/herself to a nation.
But the nation can´t be defined only by the will of individulas because of mood swings of (unqualified) individuals and than the inhabitans of a nation had to make every day or every year an election whether they are or belong to the nation or not.
The will must be in form of the result of elections in parliamentary units.
4. Combined definition:
A combination of objective and subjective criteria.
But this is only possible if the nation excludes primitive communities which have an ethnical commen ground but don´t have the will to a national existence.
See at all points, we Assyrians are a Nation, The Assyrian Nation.
Source: "The Right of Nations to Self-Determination" by Dr. Günter Decker
