I’ll be looking for the hymn when I visit my CRC in-laws.
Michael Eric Dyson phrases the two paths you are describing like this: “Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one's nation regardless of its moral or political virtue.... Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one's country does--whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xe…
I’ll be looking for the hymn when I visit my CRC in-laws.
Michael Eric Dyson phrases the two paths you are describing like this: “Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one's nation regardless of its moral or political virtue.... Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one's country does--whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or the like--it must be supported and accepted entirely.
Patriotism is a bigger, more uplifting virtue. Patriotism is the belief in the best values of one's country, and the pursuit of the best means to realize those values. If the nation strays, then it must be corrected."
I’ll be looking for the hymn when I visit my CRC in-laws.
Michael Eric Dyson phrases the two paths you are describing like this: “Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one's nation regardless of its moral or political virtue.... Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one's country does--whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or the like--it must be supported and accepted entirely.
Patriotism is a bigger, more uplifting virtue. Patriotism is the belief in the best values of one's country, and the pursuit of the best means to realize those values. If the nation strays, then it must be corrected."
Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop, pg 116.
Thank you for this explanation. Patriotism has always been highly valued by myself. I have struggled with the difference between it and nationalism.