ABSTRACT
Although theory-building requires considerable simplification, we have so far tried to do justice to the complexity of nationalism. However, if conclusion warrants further simplification, we may state two sets of tentative generalizations that flow from the body of our analysis. As nationalism works itself through history, we observe two fundamental tendencies, sometimes active, sometimes dormant but quite evident especially in modern political development: cultural differentiation and political rationalization. They are the dialectical motions in national development.
