These days, "Nationalism" is all the rage on the right.
For others, nationalism is basically code for white-identity politics.
Colleagues Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru argued in a widely discussed essay last year that "Nationalism can be a healthy and constructive force. Since nationalistic sentiments also have wide appeal and durability, it would be wiser to cultivate that kind of nationalism than to attempt to move beyond it."
While I'm skeptical about the utility of relying on nationalism as an organizing political idea, I have always believed that a little nationalism is necessary for a country to bind itself together and for citizens to feel that their nation is worth defending.
While many on the left are eager to blur the distinctions between the benign nationalism of Lowry et al.
As an analytical matter, the nationalists insist that nationalism is the wave of the future, transforming politics around the globe.
Second, and not unrelatedly, nationalists of all stripes have pinned some of their hopes on the idea that Donald Trump could serve as a useful champion for their particular kind of nationalism.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456480/nationalism-americans-right-trump-russia-meddle-election-2016-2018
For others, nationalism is basically code for white-identity politics.
Colleagues Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru argued in a widely discussed essay last year that "Nationalism can be a healthy and constructive force. Since nationalistic sentiments also have wide appeal and durability, it would be wiser to cultivate that kind of nationalism than to attempt to move beyond it."
While I'm skeptical about the utility of relying on nationalism as an organizing political idea, I have always believed that a little nationalism is necessary for a country to bind itself together and for citizens to feel that their nation is worth defending.
While many on the left are eager to blur the distinctions between the benign nationalism of Lowry et al.
As an analytical matter, the nationalists insist that nationalism is the wave of the future, transforming politics around the globe.
Second, and not unrelatedly, nationalists of all stripes have pinned some of their hopes on the idea that Donald Trump could serve as a useful champion for their particular kind of nationalism.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456480/nationalism-americans-right-trump-russia-meddle-election-2016-2018
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