State Nationalism

A variety of civic nationalism, quiet often combined with ethnic nationalism. State Nationalism considers nation to be an unity of people, contributing to state’s maintenance and development. This standpoint is briefly expressed in Mussolini’s slogan: “everything in state, nothing beyond it, nothing against it”. It is not surprising though that this is in opposition with the liberal ideas of individual freedom and liberal-democratic principles. The Jacobin creation of an unitary and centralized French state is considered to be the initial version of state nationalism. Franco’s Spain and modern Turkish nationalism are the later examples of state nationalism[1].
The term State Nationalism is reffered for describing a contradiction of different nationalisms, especially in a case when secession movement is confronted with existed nation state. Secessionists point to state nationalism in order to discredit legitimacy of larger existing state. Thus state nationalism is perceived to be less authentic and less democratic.[2].
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