Organic nationalism is not yet racism because it retains equality of peoples
Evidence
Organic naturalistic definitions of peoples are an outstanding characteristic of German ideologies and German historism. They nevertheless are not yet actual racism, for the same men who speak in these “racial” terms still uphold the central pillar of genuine nationhood, the equality of all peoples. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 447
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Distinguishes nationalism-with-organic-labels from true racism by the retention of equal plurality of peoples — a precise analytical boundary useful for the field.
Related
- German racial-biological nationalism emerged as a substitute for failed political nationhood (similarity 0.81)
- Early German race-thinking was so entangled with nationalism that the two become nearly indistinguishable. (similarity 0.79)
- French racism was more consistent than other national racisms because it stayed antinational (similarity 0.78)