ABSTRACT
There are three powerful revolutionary drives in contemporary society—communism, nationalism, and humanitarianism. These three "isms" have independent qualities, although on occasion they are intermingled. The Communist world revolution tried to achieve its goal by taking advantage of other revolutionary trends. Some scholars view nationalism, originally a progressive movement, as a replacement for the old bonds of feudalism and religion. The emotional intensity and mental distortion that characterize integral nationalism accompanied the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In times of nationalistic fervor, religion was succeeded by the state—the recipient of obedience—and the dissenter became the traitor. A report on nationalism in current education was made by two psychologists at a recent meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Generally, the researchers reported, the children said that the people they liked belonged to their own nationality.
