Abstract
The explorations so far may have created the impression that nationalism was more or less irresistible. This impression is only partly accurate, particularly if we extend our chronological and geographical focus. This final chapter examines how conservative, liberal and socialist thinkers and movements perceived nationalism. This will reveal that the only political camp that opposed nationalism unreservedly was political conservatism. Liberals and socialists did not on the whole reject nationalist doctrines but sought to integrate them into their own thought world. In practice, they attempted to accommodate nationalist arguments and use them to buttress their own political goals.
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Zimmer, O. (2003). Universalism Reconsidered: Nationalism and its Critics. In: Nationalism in Europe, 1890–1940. Studies in European History. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-4388-0_6
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