Enlightenment Nationalism
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An Enlightenment Nationalism is a nationalist political ideology that grounds national identity in rational principles, universal human rights, and civic values.
- AKA: Enlightenment Nationalist Ideology, Rational Nationalism, Liberal Nationalism, Civic-Republican Nationalism.
- Context:
- It can typically promote the nation as a rational political body based on voluntary consent and legal equality.
- It can often link national sovereignty to enlightenment ideals such as reason, progress, and knowledge accumulation.
- It can frequently justify national self-determination through natural rights and social contract theory.
- It can emphasize constitutional principles and rule of law as foundations of national unity.
- It can range from being a Liberal Enlightenment Nationalism to being a Republican Enlightenment Nationalism, depending on its emphasis on individual rights versus collective will.
- It can range from being a Moderate Enlightenment Nationalism to being a Revolutionary Enlightenment Nationalism, depending on its transformation methods.
- It can range from being a Inclusive Enlightenment Nationalism to being a Assimilationist Enlightenment Nationalism, depending on its integration approach.
- It can range from being a Cosmopolitan Enlightenment Nationalism to being a Particularist Enlightenment Nationalism, depending on its universality scope.
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- Examples:
- French Revolutionary Nationalism, based on Declaration of the Rights of Man.
- American Revolutionary Nationalism, grounded in natural rights and self-governance.
- Latin American Independence Nationalisms influenced by Simón Bolívar.
- Indian Independence Movement under secular nationalists.
- Turkish Kemalist Nationalism promoting modernization and secularism.
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- Counter-Examples:
- Romantic Nationalism, which prioritizes emotion and cultural particularity over universal reason.
- Ethnic Nationalism, which bases membership on ancestry rather than civic principles.
- Religious Nationalism, which grounds identity in faith traditions rather than rational discourse.
- See: Nationalist Political Ideology, Age of Enlightenment, Liberal Social Ideology, Social Contract Model, French Revolution, Constitutional Democracy, Civic Nationalism, Popular Sovereignty, Natural Rights Theory, Revolutionary Movement, Liberal Nationalism.