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It’s difficult to see the twists of history as they happen, because every moment of the present seems important to those experiencing it.
By 1978, Apartheid was 30 years old. How does the ANC, which has been in power also for 30 years, measure up to the National Party?
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.