(in German published 2017-09)
I discovered the following definition of nationalism at the Federal Agency for Civic Education in Switzerland:
Nationalism describes an ideology that exaggerates the characteristics of one's own ethnic community (e.g. language, culture, history), defines it as something absolute and leads to the overstressed (in general aggressive) desire for the unity of people and territory.
Of course it is only natural to loves one’s home and to feel most at ease in one’s own country, but when the love of one’s country is exaggerated and inflated, it turns into nationalism and can become a dangerous ideology.
Here, too, an excessive sense of superiority leads to conflict with minorities or groups of people with different views of the world or ideologies.
As soon as nationalism acquires an ideological character, sooner or later it leads to war.
However, replacing nationalism with socialism is not the solution. One shouldn’t replace the devil with another.
I discovered the following definition of nationalism at the Federal Agency for Civic Education in Switzerland:
Nationalism describes an ideology that exaggerates the characteristics of one's own ethnic community (e.g. language, culture, history), defines it as something absolute and leads to the overstressed (in general aggressive) desire for the unity of people and territory.
Of course it is only natural to loves one’s home and to feel most at ease in one’s own country, but when the love of one’s country is exaggerated and inflated, it turns into nationalism and can become a dangerous ideology.
Here, too, an excessive sense of superiority leads to conflict with minorities or groups of people with different views of the world or ideologies.
As soon as nationalism acquires an ideological character, sooner or later it leads to war.
However, replacing nationalism with socialism is not the solution. One shouldn’t replace the devil with another.
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