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Blind nationalism
is
extreme nationalism
such as
Nazism
,
Fascism
and
chauvinism
. It is primarily a platform for familial
militarism
, love of
personality cults
,
classism
, pride for
national symbolism
,
origin and founding myths
, and Saints. It is similar to the disdain in
expansionist nationalism
towards all foreign nations and outsiders. A noteworthy exception is many nationalists believe in peace through marriage between social groups. It is the nationalism "which does not allow the rational nature of the human mind to assert itself".
[1]
It was used to explain the totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in the
Interwar period
, which eventually led to
World War II
.
[2]
The term is sometimes associated with
American expansionism
.
[3]
Origin
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The earliest known use of the phrase "blind nationalism" is in the 1908 book
Racial Problems in Hungary
by British historian
Robert William Seton-Watson
:
Needlessly to say, the attitude of the Magyar Press corresponded to that of the parliamentary Jingoes; and even the
Pester Lloyd
, which treated the matter with conspicuous moderation, wrote as follows: "We shall say no more of the Hlinkas and the
Hod?as
. These are small fry, who live upon blind nationalism, just as those amongst us who rise to honours and riches through frenzied Chauvinism. People of that sort one seizes by the collar if they break the law, and the
basta
."
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Quotes
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According to David Niose, former president of the American Humanist Association:
The staggering lack of knowledge, combined with a blind and emotional patriotism, is a cause for disaster. The result is a proliferation of uninformed American exceptionalism that is akin to a social narcissism, a self-centered sense of importance and superiority that can have dire consequences."
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