For Love of Country: An Essay on Patriotism and Nationalism - Couverture souple

Viroli, Maurizio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198293585 ISBN 13 : 9780198293583

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Viroli Maurizio

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Nationalism and patriotism are two of the most powerful forces shaping world history. Though seen by many as two sides of the same coin, they have developed widely different connotations. Nationalism is increasingly seen as destructive, and at the root of the world's bloodiest conflicts; patriotism seems something more benign, a political virtue. How are we to mark the distinction between these two phenomena? How can we rescue patriotism from the tainted grasp of nationalism? Reconstructing the historical the meaning of the terms, Maurizio Viroli shows how the two concepts have been used within specific cultural and ideological contexts. He reviews the political though of Italy, England, and Germany and shows how patriotism and nationalism have fundamentally different roots. Professor Viroli concludes that it is morally unacceptable, and indeed unnecessary, to be a nationalist to defend the values that nationalists hold dear. Patriotism, however, is a valuable source of civic responsibility.

Revue de presse :

His recovery and reassertion of this long existing, but now obscured, conception of how loyalty, tradition, love of country, and political belonging ought properly to be understood is of immense value. (Professor Clifford Geertz, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198293585
• ISBN 13: 9780198293583
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224