Keywords
nationalism
national security
September 11
2001
political culture
national identity
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Abstract
This article underlines the importance of the meaning of nationalism and patriotism in the United States as ideologies and key socio-political values in its historical development. Contrasting different interpretations of these terms, it underlines the differences, specific attributes and the impact that the events of 9/11 have had on their traditional meanings. Alluding to society's mistrust caused by the enforcement of new laws for combating terrorism (the Homeland Security Act and the USA Patriot Act), the article shows the currency of Gertrude Himmel's hypothesis that in the United States there are currently two diverging political cultures: one traditionalist and the other secular. It also looks critically at the fact that the Bush administration has attempted to impose a single way forward in the construction of the universal right to security.Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
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