"Nationalism is a modern creation" - spoken like someone who has never read Plato, Caesar, or the Old Testament.https://twitter.com/AlexNowrasteh/status/1085876616432103424 …
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10/ If you want to argue that "nation" means all of the above in 2,019 AD, but all of these various concepts were invented c. 1880, I am willing to listen to your argument.
Surely you see the distinction between a thing, and an -ism named after that thing? C’mon of course you do.
“Nationalism has been a recurring facet of civilizations since ancient times, though the modern sense of national political autonomy and self-determination was formalized in the late 18th century.” Not that le Wik is Gospel, but this is basically my understanding as well.
I just had the discussion at church with people explaining that “nation” and “state” were two very different and only sorta-related concepts until the mid-19th century. That knowledge is really important for biblical interpretation...
absolute agreed
"I shall begin with our ancestors: ... they dwelt in the country without break in the succession from generation to generation, and handed it down free to the present time by their valour." - Pericles https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.asp …
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