Meaning of nationalitarianism | Babel Free
Definitions
Support for an inclusive concept of nationhood that embraces all members of a society and not just a dominant elite.
Examples
“The fact remains, however, that Arab nationalitarianism cannot be based only on a community of civilization or on the assumption of shared material interests; it requires a third constitutive factor, which draws on the other two and yet is distinct […]”
“He distinguishes between the bourgeois nationalism which represents the interest⟳ of the indigenous élites, and a liberationist, anti-imperial, internationalist nationalism (which Lazarus terms “nationalitarianism” [Lazarus 1994; Abdel-Malek 1981]) which views the attainment of nationhood as a necessary but first step towards the wholesale reconstruction of society in the postcolonial era (Fanon 1968).”
“This is where, regarding the inclusive potentials of nation as concept, we can recall⟳ Deleuze and Guattari's emphasis on 'nationalitarianisms' (and not any singular dominant characteristic of 'national' as universal) […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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