Volume 38, Number 14 · August 15, 1991
Nationalists and Democrats
By Conor Cruise O'Brien
Nationalism and democracy are qualitatively different and incommensurable. Nationalism is a conglomerate of emotions; democracy is a system of government. If nationalism and democracy are fully compatible in any given case that is a most fortunate circumstance. Not all peoples are so lucky.
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