Tag: nationalism
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The “Racial Karma” of the White Conquerors
Helena Blavatsky and her teachers (defending India’s civilization and history) wrote about the “racial karma” of “the White conquerors” (after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire), i.e., colonialism, and her teachers explained that “civilization is an inheritance.” There were very important things stated in the letter with that statement. Sometimes, it was stated that no degree of patriotism or nationalism can stem the tide of…
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Giuseppe Mazzini’s Cosmopolitan Politics and Influence on Woodrow Wilson
MAZZINI’S “DEMOCRATIC WORLD REPUBLIC”: THE COSMOPOLITANISM OF NATIONS It was Mazzini’s conviction that under the historical circumstances of his time, only the nation-state could allow for genuine democratic participation and the civic education of individuals. To him, the nation was a necessary intermediary step in the progressive association of mankind, the means toward a future…
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Ernest Renan on the Concept of Nation: The Nation becomes tied to Race
ERNEST RENAN DETAILS IN 1882 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF NATION AND NATION TIED TO RACE AS A CONFUSION “Since the fall of the Roman Empire or, rather, since the disintegration of Charlemagne’s empire, western Europe has seemed to us to be divided into nations, some of which, in certain epochs, have sought to…
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Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)
“Salve o popolo d’eroi (Hail, people of heroes), Salve o patria immortale (Hail, immortal Fatherland), Son rinati i figli tuoi (Your sons were born again), Con la fede e l’ideale (With the faith and the Ideal) Il valor dei tuoi guerrieri (Your warriors’ valour), La virtù dei pioniero (Your pioneers virtue), La vision dell’Alighieri (Alighieri’s…
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Giovanni Gentile on the True ‘Will of the People’ and Difference between Fascism and Nationalism
“The nationalistic State was, therefore, an aristocratic State, enforcing itself upon the masses through the power conferred upon it by its origins. The Fascist State, on the contrary, is a people’s state, and, as such, the democratic State par excellence.” — GIOVANNI GENTILE Marcello Veneziani on the Spirit of Giovanni Gentile’s Actualism and Rebuilding Italy…
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The Psychology behind Globalism, Nationalism & Political Tribalism – Jonathan Haidt | Intelligence²
Jonathan Haidt speaking at Intelligence² event “The Rise of Populism and the Backlash against the Elites.” Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. He is author of The Righteous Mind: Why…
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Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise
The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)!
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Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik
A great conversation with reflection Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion was moderated by Amber A’Lee Frost (“Current Affairs” and “Chapo Trap House”) at Verso Books…
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Behind the Visual Propaganda of the ‘New Italian Woman’ in Fascism | Victoria de Grazia’s ‘How Fascism Ruled Women’
INTRODUCTION Victoria de Grazia explains in her book, “How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945,” that the New Italian Woman (Nuova Italiana) in the Fascist Ideal was not as one might imagine as displayed in Italian and German pictures, or in the propaganda of marching, busty and fit, militant and disciplined Athena-esque women. There was really…
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The Irony of Apoliticism in the Theosophical Movement
INTRODUCTION: APOLITICISM AND MODERN STATE OF MONARCHISM With the reintroduction of theosophical research in the mainstream comes opportunity to combat misconceptions about the relation between the Theosophical Movement and Politics as explained in Herman de Tollenaere on Influence of Theosophy on Indonesian and South Asian Nationalisms. I am not of the belief, that Theosophists had…
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Herman de Tollenaere on Influence of Theosophy on Indonesian and South Asian Nationalisms
Herman de Tollenaere on Theosophical History and Politics As Theosophy and Freemasonry: Esoteric Schools within the Theosophical Society shows, there is more to the history of the Theosophical Society than is thought, despite the fact researchers have provided a great detail of Theosophical history. This article is about Herman A.O. de Tollenaere’s diligent research: The Politics of Divine…
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Constantin Von Hoffmeister “Secret America”: Defining America as a Race-Based Republic
Was America meant to be a White Ethno-State? German Identitarian desires a race-based American vision and rationalizes Trump’s policies. The philosophy of REPUBLICANISM makes the idea and historical permanency of an American ‘White Ethno-State’ impossible, and a contradiction in terms, especially given our historical circumstances. What was the true vision of the United States? Who…
The American Minervan 