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Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes

Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes

Smith, Steven B.

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21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 0300268157
ISBN13: 9780300268157
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published: Oct 18 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.13 Depth: 8.26
Language: English
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age

Like you perhaps, I still regard myself as an extremely patriotic person. Which is why I so admired [this book]. . . . It explained my emotion to me, as it might yours to you.--David Brooks, New York Times

Smith superbly illuminates the distinctiveness of the American idea of patriotism and reminds us of how important patriotism is, and how essential to making America better.--Leslie Lenkowsky, Wall Street Journal

The concept of patriotism has fallen on hard times. What was once a value that united Americans has become so politicized by both the left and the right that it threatens to rip apart the social fabric. On the right, patriotism has become synonymous with nationalism and an us versus them worldview, while on the left it is seen as an impediment to acknowledging important ethnic, religious, or racial identities and a threat to cosmopolitan globalism.

Steven B. Smith reclaims patriotism from these extremist positions and advocates for a patriotism that is broad enough to balance loyalty to country with other loyalties. Describing how it is a matter of both the head and the heart, Smith shows how patriotism can bring the country together around the highest ideals of equality and is a central and ennobling disposition that democratic societies cannot afford to do without.

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