PATRIOTISM...2022

What is patriotism?

broadly construed patriotism refers to

the feeling of attachment and commitment

to a country nation or political

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community

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put differently patriotism can be viewed

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as a national pride a feeling of love

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devotion and sense of attachment to a

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homeland or the country and alliance

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with other citizens who share the same

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sentiment to create a feeling of oneness

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among the people

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this attachment can be a combination of

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many different feelings language

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relating to one's own homeland including

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ethnic cultural political or historical

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aspects

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it encompasses a set of concepts closely

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related to nationalism and mostly

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liberal nationalism

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hence patriotism is sometimes simply

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understood as love of country in

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contrast to nationalism which is

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normally understood as loyalty to one's

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nation

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while some people tend to equate

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patriotism with nationalism it must be

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noted that they are different

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as a matter of fact patriotism has its

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origins some 2000 years prior to the

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rise of nationalism in the 19th century

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historically speaking the greek and

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especially roman antiquity provide the

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roots for political patriotism that

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conceives of loyalty to the patriarch as

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loyalty to a political conception of the

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republic

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it is associated with the love of law

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and common liberty the search for the

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common good and the duty to behave

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justly toward one's country

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this classical roman meaning of patria

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reemerge in the context of the italian

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city republics of the 15th century

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here patria stands for the common

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liberty of the city

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which can only be safeguarded by the

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citizens civic spirit

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for nicolo machiavelli the love of

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common liberty enabled citizens to see

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their private and particular interests

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as part of the common good and help them

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to resist corruption and tyranny

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while this love of the city is typically

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intermixed with pride in its military

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strength and cultural superiority

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it is the political institutions and way

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of life of the city that formed the

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distinctive focal point of this kind of

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patriotic attachment

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thus to love the city is to be willing

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to sacrifice one's own good including

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one's life for the protection of common

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liberty

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in contrast to the classical republican

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conception of patriotism zanzak russo's

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considerations on the government of

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poland can be seen as an early example

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of the link between nationalism and

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patriotism

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while rousseau advocated this love of

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the nation and the celebration of

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national culture he believed that

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national culture is valuable primarily

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because it helps foster loyalty to the

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political fatherland

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thus rousso's nationalism stemmed from

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and served his typically republican

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emphasis on securing citizens loyalty to

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their political institutions...