What would be a good term for patriotism, focused on the regional state, rather than the nation-state? "Statism" has obviously flawed connotations, if you're at all into poli sci--what's my alternative?
I ask, because I would consider myself a hearty patriot to the state of Colorado. Almost to the extent that, if there were ever any kind of civil war...and Colorado was by-and-large committed to a progressive, or at least humane path...while the Federal government was less so...then my loyalties would most definitely be in question...
Begin hating on this now.
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How does one hate a country, or love one? I know people, I know towns, farms, hills, and rivers and rocks, but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? I love life, I love the hills of my homeland, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. -- U.K.LeGuin
ReplyDeleteDave, spot on with the LeGuin quote above. That's often how I feel, and why I have a stronger sense of "local" patriotism..although I think there's something to be said for the essential values and principles of American society, and that shared sense of belonging--that's what political scientists refer to as an "imagined community"...
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