Is Patriotism a Mistake?

This Cato Unbound dialogue, kicked off by George Kateb's characteristically provocative anti-patriotism broadside, promises to be really, really interesting. (I hope one of the respondents brings up John Lukacs' patriotism/nationalism distinction; I'm curious what Kateb thinks about it.)

Comments

Chances that Kateb's article (which I basically came up with myself, in less erudite fashion, while still living in a dorm smoking pot) will cause today's political "conservatives" to experience any actual self-examination, God forbid shame, about their abuse of the concept of patriotism, particularly with regard to sending children to die in wars, but for many other causes also...zero.

Posted by Bill | March 12, 2008 7:50 AM

Just reading the title of the post, one suspects this idea was borne of dweebs in a think tank.

Err, tank, yes, think, no.

Posted by Chris | March 13, 2008 3:54 AM