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Flag, Fetish and Illusory Community Against The Current vol. 158
Ollman, Bertell http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3587
Publisher: Against The Current Date Written: 01/05/2012 Year Published: 2012 Resource Type: Article
Patriotism is usually understood as love of country. With the help of Marxs theories of the state and of alienation, we explore what is meant by love and country in this definition. By viewing society as a contradictory relation between a social community, based on the cooperation required by the existing division of labor, and an illusory community dominated by the interests of the ruling economic class, it becomes apparent that the country which patriots love is not the country they actually live in.
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