Collective consciousness Quote by Bryant McGill

“Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised of self-centered…

— Bryant McGill

“Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people," to the exclusion of other human beings.”

— Bryant McGill

“One of the most important causes of division, war and violence in the world is nationalist sentiment. NATIONALISM is simply another form of EXTREMISM.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

Nationalism is the measels of mankind.

— Albert Einstein

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist...

— Ernest Gellner

“Nationalism is as thin as a thread, perhaps that's why many feel it must be anxiously guarded”

— Hisham Matar

“Nationalism as a thesis confuses (almost always deliberately) certain legitimate desires with illegitimate ones. People like to run their own affairs, and most people…

— A.C. Grayling

“Nationalism is relativist, since the only truth is the resentment we feel when we contemplate others.”

— Timothy Snyder

“Patriotic duty and the disease of nationalism lure us to deny our common humanity”

— Chris Hedges

“As Ernest Gellner put it, “Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness: it invents nations where they do not exist”.7”

— Josephine Quinn

In a global world, nationalism is a fantasy, and it's poison. It used to be appropriate, but it's not anymore, and we haven't learned…

— Tim Minchin

“If there was one ideological rationale that had broad appeal, it was nationalism, which for many boiled down to a fervent desire to be…

— Mark Bowden