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Entry: Further Notes on Nationalism Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/further_notes_on_nationalism#23465 Post contents: Another thing that strikes me, Dan, is that, if you feel the need to keep qualifying the words "patriotism" and "nationalism" (to wit: "ideological patriotism," "hubristic patriotism," "conservative nationalism," "traditional nationalism"), not to mention bringing in new terms such as "ethnocultural identity," you might want to ask yourself why. Larison, Lukacs, JPII, myself--none of us finds it necessary, in discussing the distinctions and overlaps between these terms, to keep qualifying them. That, in itself, indicates that there's a conceptual clarity in the traditional definitions that's missing in your reappraisal. Sent at: 2008 09 07