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Nationalism
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A contemporary philosophical synthesis of nationality, national identity, and self-determination.
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A nation is a claimed community of belonging while a state is a political and legal organization; a nation may lack a state and one state may contain several national claims.
- supports · section 1, paragraphs 1–5
Nationalism can name concern for national identity or action seeking national self-determination; neither usage by itself identifies a state, party, movement, or institutional practice.
- supports · introduction, paragraphs 1–3
Self-description as national or nationalist establishes an attributed identity or program, not who was included, which institutions operated, or how authority was exercised.
- supports · introduction and section 1
National self-determination can be claimed through statehood, autonomy, federation, or other authority arrangements, and formal sovereignty does not establish effective control.
- supports · section 5, paragraphs 1–4