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For Love of Country An Essay on Patriotism and Nationalism

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ISBN-10: 0198293585

ISBN-13: 9780198293583

Edition: 1997

Authors: Maurizio Viroli

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Reconstructing the historical meaning of the terms nationalism and patriotism, Viroli shows how the two concepts have been used within specific cultural and ideological contexts. He reviews the political thought of modern and early modern Europe, with particular emphasis on France, Italy, England, and Germany, and comes up with a fundamental difference between patriotism and nationalism. Viroli argues that patriotism and nationalism are two ideologies that aim to reinforce and channel two different and powerful political passions: the love of a common good and the love of uniqueness and homogeneity. The Patriot is a supporter of the republic, his enemies are tyranny and corruption; the…    
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Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.594

Maurizio Viroli is the author of numerous works in political theory and of a study of Machiavelli's political philosophy. A professor of politics at Princeton University, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Forli, Italy.

for Love Of Country
For Love of Country
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Legacy of Republican Patriotism
Decline and Revival
Patriotism and the Politics of the Ancients
The Birth of the Language of Nationalism
The Nationalization of Patriotism
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index