On the "Nation" of Christian Nationalism | Peter J. Leithart
In the debate around Christian Nationalism, the term “nation” can be poorly defined.
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In the debate around Christian Nationalism, the term “nation” can be poorly defined.
Scholar Michael Sawyer brings the political philosophy of Malcolm X to bear on the horrors taking place in Gaza.
By the end of World War Two, nationalism had been thoroughly discredited. Critics charged that national self-interest had prevented democratic governments from cooperating to end the Great Depression, and that nationalist passions had led not just to war, but also to some of the worst crimes groups of human beings had ever perpetrated on others. In this defense of nationalism the renowned scholar of politics William Galston presents twelve arguments in defense of the importance of national identity.
This new book is an ambitious attempt to revive communitarianism as a basis for political life.