ABSTRACT
There is a debate today about the position of the nation in a globalized world that parallels debate over whether the Internet is better seen as an enabling tool for resisting or opposing globalization or as a global force itself. Some argue that the nation and nationalism are becoming obsolete, with connections being made among cultures and individuals across national boundaries, resulting in cosmopolitanism where the individual becomes a citizen of the world (Naussbaum 1994). Others argue that the nation is strengthened in this context, with individuals holding onto their national identity in the face of usurping global forces (Dorris 1994). However, the world today is witnessing the emergence of affiliations that transcend the nation but do not necessarily mean that the nation is under threat. Those new affiliations can be seen as a kind of “new patriotism” that describes the existence of intersecting affiliations—local, global, regional, and religious.
