PATRIOTISM
is love for the land of birth. Fused with
nationality, which denotes a group of people
speaking the same language, sharing common
historical traditions and regarding themselves as
a distinct cultural society, it gives birth to
modern nationalism. This, broadly speaking, is a
patriotic feeling, common to the whole of the
nation concerned with its interests as distinct
from those of a region or faction. Nationalism is
to the body politic, what the spirit is to man
himself. In other words, nationalism is a
sentiment leading to the deepening of national
consciousness and unity on the basis of common
ideas and beliefs. In practical terms it may be
some way of manifesting national spirit and as
such is the sum total of the social and political
aspirations of the people. Hence the ideas
controlling the life and actions of a nation
would constitute its nationalism.
PATRIOTISM
is love for the land of birth. Fused with
nationality, which denotes a group of people
speaking the same language, sharing common
historical traditions and regarding themselves as
a distinct cultural society, it gives birth to
modern nationalism. This, broadly speaking, is a
patriotic feeling, common to the whole of the
nation concerned with its interests as distinct
from those of a region or faction. Nationalism is
to the body politic, what the spirit is to man
himself. In other words, nationalism is a
sentiment leading to the deepening of national
consciousness and unity on the basis of common
ideas and beliefs. In practical terms it may be
some way of manifesting national spirit and as
such is the sum total of the social and political
aspirations of the people. Hence the ideas
controlling the life and actions of a nation
would constitute its nationalism.
