Yes, Nationalism is dead

Many people will ask if nationalism is dead because several observers are proclaiming nationalism’s demise.

For instance, Matej Palenik declares Nationalism is Dead in a recent Medium post. Meanwhile, philosopher Yuval Noah Harari expresses a similar sentiment in his recent book Homo Deus.

Conversely, I think nationalism is dead but the nation-state lives on. To elaborate, nationalism is no longer a primary focus of people’s lives and primary motivator of economic, political, and personal behavior. Moreover, nationalism has lost most of its potency as a moral…