Extreme nationalism sacralizes the nation and justifies enslaving others

Evidence

62 A fantastic example of the madness in the whole business is the following passage in Léon Bloy—which fortunately is not characteristic of French nationalism: “France is so much the first of the nations that all others, no matter who they are, must be honored if they are permitted to eat the bread of her dogs. If only France is happy, then the rest of the world can be satisfied even though they have to pay for France’s happiness with slavery or destruction. But if France suffers, then God Himself suffers, the terrible God… This is as absolute and as inevitable as the secret of predestination.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2440

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the imagined-community concept of the nation and how racialized national superiority legitimizes exclusion of the ‘Other’. — connects to: Invented sacred territorial traditions serve elites while ruining the nation — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1568; Nationalist ideology turns dissent into treason and undermines civil society — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 56; National identity becomes nationalist ideology only through emotionally charged crafting against others. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1655 (+2 more)