Pan-movements replaced relative national mission with absolute claims to divine chosenness

Evidence

In contrast to overseas imperialism, which was content with relative superiority, a national mission, or a white man’s burden, the pan-movements started with absolute claims to chosenness. Nationalism has been frequently described as an emotional surrogate of religion, but only the tribalism of the pan-movements offered a new religious theory and a new concept of holiness. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 591

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Defines the pan-movements’ distinctive break: not a ‘surrogate religion’ but a genuine theology of chosenness — key conceptual distinction.

Related

• Pan-movement ideology made nationality a permanent, God-given quality detached from history. (similarity 0.82)
• Only peoples dissatisfied with their state position developed full pan-movements. (similarity 0.81)
• The pan-movements arose from peoples denied national emancipation and sovereignty (similarity 0.79)