NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT
Despite the fact that the notion of a state that contains a specific nation is relatively new, most societies tend to perceive their national origins as an indisputable historical fact. This paper tries to understand the reasons that make rational individuals and groups of people believe in the irra...
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| description | Despite the fact that the notion of a state that contains a specific nation is relatively new, most societies tend to perceive their national origins as an indisputable historical fact. This paper tries to understand the reasons that make rational individuals and groups of people believe in the irrational claims of national identities and national pride. As political discourse is the main source of these claims, this paper analyses the nature of that discourse and the way it manages to coin essentially contested concepts that are acceptable by the public. Subsequently, the paper delves into the mechanisms in which the human cognitive apparatus interprets discourse and the reasons that make it vulnerable to deception. Additionally, the paper revisits notions like nations and states to prove the fact that there is no direct relationship between belonging to a state and feeling national pride. Eventually, the paper tackles the main psychological attributes that interfere to make rational individuals and groups abandon their rationality to believe in purely sentimental political notions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74d5cdb91c844e6d9bfab6f7a8a0f8232022-12-22T04:11:38ZengInstitute for Research and European StudiesJournal of Liberty and International Affairs1857-97602020-08-0141NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPTHamid Bouyahi0Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, MoroccoDespite the fact that the notion of a state that contains a specific nation is relatively new, most societies tend to perceive their national origins as an indisputable historical fact. This paper tries to understand the reasons that make rational individuals and groups of people believe in the irrational claims of national identities and national pride. As political discourse is the main source of these claims, this paper analyses the nature of that discourse and the way it manages to coin essentially contested concepts that are acceptable by the public. Subsequently, the paper delves into the mechanisms in which the human cognitive apparatus interprets discourse and the reasons that make it vulnerable to deception. Additionally, the paper revisits notions like nations and states to prove the fact that there is no direct relationship between belonging to a state and feeling national pride. Eventually, the paper tackles the main psychological attributes that interfere to make rational individuals and groups abandon their rationality to believe in purely sentimental political notions.http://e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/112nationstatepolitical discoursenationalism |
| spellingShingle | Hamid Bouyahi NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT Journal of Liberty and International Affairs nation state political discourse nationalism |
| title | NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT |
| title_full | NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT |
| title_fullStr | NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT |
| title_full_unstemmed | NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT |
| title_short | NATIONALISM AS AN ESSENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT |
| title_sort | nationalism as an essentially contested concept |
| topic | nation state political discourse nationalism |
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