[tied] Re: Scientific Nationalism?

A very good book explaining the motivation behind nationalism is
'The True Believer : Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements'
by Eric Hoffer.
-David

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> If you mean that they satisfy our psychological needs in the same
way -- well, I have said so myself. Nation-building is a modern
response to our tribal instincts (not that it always works as
desired).
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> Piotr
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Scientific Nationalism?
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> I appreciate what you're all saying about the difference that
readily becomes apparent in organisational terms once you get a
proper state apparatus up and running, like Alfred, but I'm thinking
more on the terms of the psychological impulses behind these
phenomena. To me, the nation and 'tribe' is one and the same.