Psihologijski aspekti međunacionalnih odnosa
Psychological Aspects of Relations Between Nations

Summary/Abstract: The psychological aspect of the nation is in the first place the sense of belonging, of a shared system of attitudes toward one's group; in this sense, this feeling is not a constitutive element of the nation with regard to the causes of its emergence but is constitutive with regard to the duration and action of the nation as whole. National feelings arc important for the individual as they provide him with a sense of belonging to a commonwealth, helping him to develop certain mechanisms which ensure security, obligation and attainment of group goals. From the point of view of the community, these feelings facilitate integration and group action. Nationalism is defined as a pathological farm of the national, it is regarded as a prejudice impeding the common life of different national groups. The sources of nationalism are enumerated, their psychological content, the patterns of behaviour it engenders and its phenomenal forms. The social conditions favouring the manifestation of nationalism arc also analyzed, as well as the needs which nationalism satisfies.

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