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What can examining the psychology of nationalism tell us about our prospects for aiming at the cosmopolitan vision?

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Opponents of cosmopolitanism often dismiss the position on the grounds that cosmopolitan proposals are completely unrealistic and that they fly in the face of our human nature. We have deep psychological needs that are satisfied by national identification and so all cosmopolitan projects are doomed, or so it is argued. In this essay we examine the psychological grounds claimed to support the importance of nationalism to our wellbeing. We argue that the alleged human needs that nationalism is ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s10677-007-9087-1

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Institution:
"University of Auckland, New Zealand"
Department:
Philosophy Department
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SAME
Sub department:
Social & Cultural Anthropology
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
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Publisher:
Springer Publisher's website
Journal:
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Journal website
Volume:
11
Issue:
2
Pages:
165-179
Publication date:
2008-04-01
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EISSN:
1572-8447
ISSN:
1386-2820
Language:
English
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Local pid:
ora:2796
Deposit date:
2009-05-19

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