Word: nationalisme
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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At its root, patriotism bore no such scar. In 1578, during the Dutch-Flemish revolt against Spanish rule, the word patriot was. first used to mean one who represents people and country against the king. By the 18th century, patriotism denoted love of a free country, devotion to human rights...
At a time when nationalism is growing in many parts of the world, the visible, audible evidence suggests that U.S. patriotism has taken a different turn and declined. One pointed comparison: in 1942, despite segregation, Joe Louis happily served because "what's wrong with my country ain't...
In his North Carolina the forces burned and suffocated him at the same time like a poisonous gas. He was in Dusseldorf after the war when you could stand at the train station and look ten miles in any direction and in Africa to see tribalism, nationalism, them, us slither...
Given the Latin American temperament, it is unlikely that this unsmiling advice will be taken. It even raises the possibility that only in Brazil would Toynbee's safety be assured, for he found Brazilian nationalism "ironic and lighthearted." But his point, though indelicately made, is clear enough. To a...
One might object that the simple label of nationalist does not characterize Bolivar, whose efforts to create a community of independent countries preceded by more than a century the formation of today's Organization of American States. Toynbee himself hedges on his theory. Suppose, he suggests, peaceful "integration" of...