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Patrick J. Geary on Patriotism

born 1948 United States

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Modern history was born in the nineteenth century, conceived and developed as an instrument of European nationalism. As a tool of nationalist ideology, the history of Europe's nations was a great success, but it has turned our understanding of the past into a toxic waste dump, filled with the poison of ethnic nationalism, and the poison has seeped deep into popular consciousness.

The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe (2003)

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