The concept of collective identity

The persistence of the concept of collective identity constitutes an obstacle to global order in the contemporary period. Collective identity tends to reinforce the phenomenon of nationalism, which, in turn, creates problems for global order.

Nationalism, both civic and ethnic, was brought to full flower through the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, the American Revolution in the eighteenth century, and German unification in the nineteenth century. The development of German nationalism was ethnic in character, while the development of American nationalism was civic in character, and the development of French nationalism had both ethnic and civic overtones.

The idea that every nation should have its own state accompanied by the corollary that one ethnic or cultural group should not collectively role over another has been the most powerful political force of the past two hundred years. "While particular nationalisms vary, this basic n

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