Nacionalizmus, transznacionalizmus és posztnacionalizmus
Nationalism, Transnationalism and Postnationalism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show that various phenomena described as ‘postnational’ remain profoundly ‘national’ at their core, and that ideas of nationhood are still central to our collective imaginary. This is not to say that the forms of nationalism and nationhood are static and unchanging. On the contrary, nationalism has always been an evolving phenomenon, adapting to new challenges and opportunities. That is the key to its resilience over the past two hundred years. New forms of so-called postnationalism are, the author believes, best understood as the latest adaptation of nationalist impulses. Moreover, and perhaps more controversially, the paper also suggests that this continued centrality of nationhood is a good thing. The author doubts that a postnational political order would be morally preferable in terms of basic liberal values of freedom, democracy and justice.

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