02941oam 2200469 450 991055420200332120220518193619.00-300-25870-410.12987/9780300258707(CKB)4100000011725438(MiAaPQ)EBC6455825(DE-B1597)583157(DE-B1597)9780300258707(EXLCZ)99410000001172543820210616d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReclaiming patriotism in an age of extremes /Steven B. SmithNew Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (254 pages) illustrationsIncludes bibliographical references (pages [205]-228) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Introduction --One. Patriotism and Loyalty --Two. Patriotism and Its Critics --Three. Patriotism, Ancient and Modern --Four. Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism --Five. Enlightened Patriotism --Six. Reclaiming Patriotism --Notes --IndexA 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 . . . Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes. It explained my emotion to me, as it might yours to you."; -David Brooks, New York Times 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 against 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.CitizenshipUnited StatesPatriotismUnited StatesPolitical sciencePhilosophyElectronic books.CitizenshipPatriotismPolitical sciencePhilosophy.323.650973Smith Steven B.1951-1165431MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLW9910554202003321Reclaiming patriotism in an age of extremes2819956UNINA