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Do religion and nationalism compete with each other? Do they replace each other? Do they amplify each other and drive each other forward? Do they exist in symbiosis? Theorists of nationalism have struggled with this question. At one extreme of the spectrum is the early work of Elie Kedourie (1960), who argued that nationalism is a modern,
Article: The Monotheistic Roots of Nationalism Part I: What Nationalism and Monotheism Have in Common - Anthony Smith and George Mosse have pointed out how nationalism has built itself up using the same techniques as religion. However, it is not any religion. It is no accident that ancient pagan societies never had nationalism. Neither has Buddhist or Taoist China. It is the characteristics of monotheistic religions that contain the key.
George L. Mosse’s book ‘Toward the Final Solution’ explains the cultural foundations that enabled anti-Semitism and facilitated Nazi mass murder
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Heidegger’s Children: Hannah Arendt, Karl Löwith, Hans Jonas, and Herbert Marcuse Richard Wolin Princeton University Press, $29.95