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What is nationalism? Is it a force for progress or reaction?
Nationalism needs to be analysed in terms of its specific content and context in order to understand its nature, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
TO THE BARRICADES! Picture of the fights between revolutionaries and the royal military in the Breite Strasse Street, Berlin, during the March 1848 revolution, unknown artist
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IS NATIONALISM a force for progress or reaction?
Our previous answer attempted to unpack the complex nature of “nations” and “nationality.” Nationalism similarly requires some dissection.
All nationalism is based on claims about territory — often someone else’s. It is also usually based on assertions or assumptions (sometimes implicit) about culture and often its deliberate fabrication.
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Paul MacGee of Manifesto Press invites you to a special launch on Saturday August 2.