Why do the ideas of nation and race still have such an influence even after the lessons of fascism have been so widely drawn?
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The so-called left and right get kick in the teeth!,
This review is from: Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (Paperback)
"Genocide, the rationally calculated extermination of human populations designated as legitimated prey, has not been an aberration in an otherwise peaceful march of progress. Genocide has been a prerequisite of that progress..." This quote on the cover is promise of what is on offer in one of Perlman's best essays - an inspiring reminder to us all of the true nature of nationalism and it's practitioners. You might expect it to be a boring political rhetoric littered with jargon. Suprisingly it is a plain description of history as we know it. The interesting bits of controversy are in the points of view taken. Making comparisons with the indian wars of the early years of the United States and the halocaust for example aren't found in most history books. From Hitler to the Zionists and from French Committee of Public Health to the Catholic Church everyone gets his share of the blame in the bloody march of nationalism and progress. Important questions a raised. Can nations exist without genocide? Can progress be made without genocide? Anarchists and tribalists will find plenty a srapnel to hurl at their best marxists and technocrat friends from this useful piece. An important work to be placed aside such anti-left masterpieces as The Animal Farm.
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Nationalism was proclaimed dead several times during the present century: after the first world war, when the last empires of Europe, the Austrian and the Turkish, were broken up into self-determined nations, and no deprived nationalists remained, except the Zionists; Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preliminary capital, welding materials, legitimate prey, primitive accumulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Celestial Empire, Catholic Church, King George, New York New!
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Nationalism was proclaimed dead several times during the present century: after the first world war, when the last empires of Europe, the Austrian and the Turkish, were broken up into self-determined nations, and no deprived nationalists remained, except the Zionists; Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preliminary capital, welding materials, legitimate prey, primitive accumulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Celestial Empire, Catholic Church, King George, New York New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A History of Political Theory by George Holland Sabine on page 42
- Development of Capitalism in Russia, The by Vladimir I. Lenin on page 34
- Having Little, Being Much: A Chronicle of Fredy Perlman's Fifty Years by Lorraine Perlman in Back Matter
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