Difference between revisions of "Nationalism"

'''Nationalism''' is a feeling of unity among a group of people born out of the [[French Revolution]] and [[Age of Enlightenment]] idea of worship of the ''[[Patriotism|Patrie]]'', or one's national origins and a sense of pride in their country.

'''Nationalism''' is a feeling of unity among a group of people born out of the [[French Revolution]] and [[Age of Enlightenment]] idea of worship of the ''[[Patriotism|Patrie]]'', or one's national origins and a sense of pride in their country.

Lack of nationalism, or a desire for new nations, was a cause for the split of countries such as [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. It can be considered positive, as a form of patriotism,<ref name="Hazony2018"/><ref>Pinkerton, James P. (September 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/16/pinkerton-the-nationalist-revival-a-progressive-defends-the-deplorables/ Pinkerton: ‘The Nationalist Revival’ — a Progressive Defends the Deplorables]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Fonte, John (September 13, 2019). [https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/10/01/in-defense-of-nations-book-review/ In Defense of Nations]. ''National Review''. Retrieved January 13, 2019.</ref> but it can also go to extremes, leading to hatred of non-members of the [[nation]] (which is often ethnically defined) and violence. Examples of this negative nationalism are the [[Nazi Party]] in [[Germany]] (although it should be noted that the propaganda minister for the Nazis, Joseph Goebbels, when describing the Nazis as being of the German Left, said "we despise bourgeois nationalism."), the ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and the current isolationist policies of [[North Korea]]. The latter version, in particular, Nazi Germany, also led to nationalism being demonized to the extent that even having any pride for a country is considered evil, and the former was also considered bad due to the idea that nationalism causes wars. This interpretation was generally pushed by [[globalist]]s and [[Postmodernism|post-modernists]], and adherents of the [[Idea of Progress]]. [[Liberal]]s and "[[Progressives]]" strongly oppose nationalism,<ref>Hayward, John (June 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/anti-nationalism-end-sovereignty/ Progressives’ Hatred of Nationalism Pushes US Towards the End of Sovereignty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Cortes, Steve (October 29, 2018). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/29/after_pittsburgh_unfair_attacks_on_american_nationalism_138492.html After Pittsburgh, Unfair Attacks on American Nationalism]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved October 30, 2018.</ref> and they falsely associate it with [[fascism]] and claim it was the cause of [[World War I]].<ref>Multiple references:

Lack of nationalism, or a desire for new nations, was a cause for the split of countries such as [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. It can be considered positive, as a form of patriotism,<ref name="Hazony2018"/><ref>Pinkerton, James P. (September 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/16/pinkerton-the-nationalist-revival-a-progressive-defends-the-deplorables/ Pinkerton: ‘The Nationalist Revival’ — a Progressive Defends the Deplorables]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Fonte, John (September 13, 2019). [https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/10/01/in-defense-of-nations-book-review/ In Defense of Nations]. ''National Review''. Retrieved January 13, 2019.</ref> but it can also go to extremes, leading to hatred of non-members of the [[nation]] (which is often ethnically defined) and violence. Examples of this negative nationalism are the [[Nazi Party]] in [[Germany]] (although it should be noted that the propaganda minister for the Nazis, Joseph Goebbels, when describing the Nazis as being of the German Left, said "we despise bourgeois nationalism."), the ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and the current isolationist policies of [[North Korea]]. The latter version, in particular, Nazi Germany, also led to nationalism being demonized to the extent that even having any pride for a country is considered evil, and the former was also considered bad due to the idea that nationalism causes wars. This interpretation was generally pushed by [[globalist]]s and [[Postmodernism|post-modernists]], and adherents of the [[Idea of Progress]]. [[Liberal]]s and "[[Progressives]]" strongly oppose nationalism,<ref>Hayward, John (June 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/anti-nationalism-end-sovereignty/ Progressives’ Hatred of Nationalism Pushes US Towards the End of Sovereignty]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Cortes, Steve (October 29, 2018). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/29/after_pittsburgh_unfair_attacks_on_american_nationalism_138492.html After Pittsburgh, Unfair Attacks on American Nationalism]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved October 30, 2018.</ref> and they falsely associate it with [[fascism]] and claim it was the cause of [[World War I]].<ref>Multiple references: