Nationalism - the basis for National-"Anarchism" (Newbie Issues)

by Anna Quist, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 11:50 @ Anna Quist

Nationalism - the basis for National-"Anarchism"

National-"Anarchism" is a mix of nationalism (very significant) and anarchism (not significant). The term "nationalism" is a bit ambiguous, but in connection with National-"Anarchism" the following is not exluded:

Nationalism, from nation: [From Latin natic(-onis), birth, a race, people, from natus pp. of nasci, to be born]

1 (a) National Socialism, National Socialist German Worker's Party, i.e. Nazi; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; designateing, of or characteristic of the German fascist political party, founded in 1919 and abolished in 1945; under Hitler this party seized control of Germany in 1933, systematically eliminated opposition, and put into effect its program of nationalism, racism, rearmament, aggression, etc. (b) 1. a member of the Nazi party. 2. a supporter or follower of the Nazi party; a fascist broadly defined.

2. devotion to one's nation as an excessive, narrow, or jingoist patrotism; chauvinism.

3. the doctrine that national interests, security, etc. are more important than international considerations; opposed to internationalism.
( internationalism is a basic anarchist principle as opposed to nationalism, and national "anarchism".)

4. the policy of nationalizing all industry.

I cannot see that "nationalism" defined as above is compatible with anarchism, thus it is an oxymoron. That is why I write National-"Anarchism" - not National-Anarchism.