ABSTRACT
NATIONALISM PRESENTS A PARADOX in the context of cross-cultural relations.On the one hand, it involves competition between states and, therefore, the potential exploitation of weaker entities by stronger states as in the case of colonialism and neocolonialism. On the other hand, it is the very form that peoples emerging from the oppressive weight of colonialism or imperial rule seek in order to solidify their nascent self-governance. Art has been an aspect of both of these developments.
