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“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.”
Meaning & context
Addams argues that patriotism must adapt to the needs of an increasingly diverse society instead of remaining fixed in older clan, territorial or militarized forms.
Source details
Newer Ideals of Peace, Chapter VIII, ‘Passing of the War Virtues,’ around printed page 216 in the represented 1907 text, Project Gutenberg #69879. Addams argues that patriotism must change with the conditions of a large cosmopolitan nation and criticizes a patriotism founded primarily on military prowess and defence. The sentence remains Progressive-era political and peace argument rather than a neutral modern definition of patriotism.