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Wednesday 18 June 2008

Patriotism and Nationalism - Is there a difference?

QUESTION
What is the difference, if any, between patriotism and nationalism?

ANSWERS
"Patriotism comes from the word patria which is Latin for nation, so in my view they mean the same thing."

"Patriotism is an instinctive thing, the way nature tells a population to defend its space. Nationalism is an ideological construct."

"You probably couldn’t get a cigarette paper between them but I am sure I am both if there is a difference."

"Nationalism is negative whereas patriotism is considered positive. Nationalism suggests racial superiority as in National Socialism and Hitler."

"Patriotism is simple love of one's country. Nationalism is an attempt to make yourself worthy of the country you say you love by not being lazy, stupid, cowardly, ignoble, ignorant, complacent, self-pitying, over-cautious and defeatist."

"Plenty. One is self-respect, the other is bad manners."

"If love is patriotism, then nationalism may be courtship - an attempt to make oneself worthy of our love object, to make ourselves better than we are."

"The difference is that nationalism is an active, political expression of one’s love for their country whereas patriotism is a purely emotional response. "

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