In:
Nationalities Papers, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 3, No. 2 ( 1975), p. 60-88
Abstract:
The word nationalism , as it is generally used in the United States by scholars and journalists, is a pejorative term. If by using the term the writer himself does not mean to evoke unfavorable associations, then by necessity he fails because the educated public in America understands the word to be derogatory. The question therefore is seriously to be considered whether the word continues to be serviceable for impartial analyses of world politics and modern history. Many journalists and unfortunately, also many historians and political scientists use the word as nothing other than an elegant expletive to disparage statesmen and countries–foreign and their own. One may suspect that diplomats and men of affairs have already learned to consider the word useless for day-to-day decisions. Unless scholars begin to use the word with more precision and discrimination, they will be forced to follow the example of practical men of affairs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0090-5992
,
1465-3923
DOI:
10.1080/00905997508407776
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1975
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8
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7,41
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3,6
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