What is positive nationalism?

Answer 1

Here is what I have found for this theory of positive nationalism; I didn't know myself the existance of such a theory.


History teaches that one of the two faces of nationalism almost always predominates. A society with a lot of positive nationalism is more likely to be tolerant and open toward the rest of the world because its people have learned the habits of good citizenship and social justice. Dictators and demagogues, on the other hand, flourish where social capital is in short supply. People who feel little responsibility toward one another will turn against minorities in their midst and outsiders across their borders, in return for promises of glory or comforting fictions of superiority.

Negative nationalists prey most directly on people who are losing ground economically and socially. The recent resurgence of negative nationalism in Austria, France, and Switzerland is especially evident among blue-collar manufacturing workers and young men who feel the economic ground shifting from under them. The ugly violence against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during the currency crisis there was also rooted in economic fears. People whoe livelihoods are at risk find it reassuring to be given specific targets for their frustrations.

Among economic insecurity's first scapegoats are always immigrants, foreigners, and ethnic minorities.

A healthy dose of positive nationalism can ease these anxieties by softening the burdens of economic change. When they feel especially connected to their compatriots, citizens who gain from change are more willing to support strong safety nets, employment programs, and educational systems that help ease the burden on those who otherwise would fall far behind. And the generosity of the winners in turn allows the nation as a whole to better accept the consequences of free trade, open capital markets, and more liberal immigration. But failure to choose positive nationalism almost surely promotes its negative twin, because the losers are left vulnerable.

Answer 2

positive nationalism is the love for your country without getting out of control like Nazi Germany. Nationalism was used to insight extreme feelings of hate for other country's and people. it is a powerful tool. if you are a American how did it feel to be an American were you after September 11Th for an example.

Answer 3

there is nothing like this . Nationalism is never positive beyond others nations . So it is always negative .