Selfhood and national unity are forged through conflict with a common foe
Evidence
So Savarkar invoked the Muslim. “Nothing makes Self conscious of itself so much as a conflict with non-self. Nothing can weld people into a nation and nations into a state as the pressure of a common foe. Hatred separates as well as unites” (Savarkar 1969, 42–43). — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1194
Categorization
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
- XREF: connects to: Individual lived encounter overrides official nationalist narratives from both sides — Andrew Demshuk, The Lost German East: Forced Migration…, 1143; Resolving one conflict merely produces a fresh enemy to define oneself against — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 353; A government can manufacture crisis to construct its own people as enemy — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 111 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- The perceived permanent Enemy binds pluralist societies into cohesive defense societies
#exemplifies(0.85) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 235 - National identity requires crafted enemies to become activist ideology
#corroborates(0.82) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1656 - A government can manufacture crisis to construct its own people as enemy
#complicates(0.80) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 111 - Conscription warfare can forge national consciousness among a people
#exemplifies(0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 117 - Resolving one conflict merely produces a fresh enemy to define oneself against
#expands(0.78) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 353 - Conquest by a nation either awakens conquered nationalism or degenerates into tyranny
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