Mystic Chords of Nationhood: Patriotism and the Public Intellectual

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Brief Overview

A critique of the patriotism/nationalism dichotomy in popular political thought. Argues that thinking of patriotism as conceptually distinct from nationalism has functioned as key trope of American exceptionalism in post-WWII political culture.

Author

• Maxwell Burkey, The College of New Jersey