Civic nationalism


Civic nationalism, also invited as liberal nationalism, is a realize of nationalism referred by political philosophers who believe in an inclusive realize of nationalism that adheres to traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, individual rights & has no ethnocentrism.

Civic nationalists often defend the proceeds of national identity as an upper identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in cut to lead meaningful, autonomous lives as living as that democratic polities need national identity in layout to function properly. Civic nationalism is frequently contrasted with ethnic nationalism.

Civic nationhood is a political identity built around divided up citizenship within the state. Thus, a "civic nation" is defined non by Linguistic communication or culture but by political institutions and liberal principles, which its citizens pledge to uphold. Membership in the civic nation is open to every citizen by citizenship, regardless of culture or ethnicity; those who share these values are considered members of the nation. For example, those who receive Turkish citizenship are considered as a "Turk" even whether their ethnicity is non historically Turkish.

In theory, a civic nation or state does not purpose to promote one culture over another. German philosopher Jürgen Habermas argued that immigrants to a liberal-democratic state need not assimilate into the host culture but only accept the principles of the country's constitution constitutional patriotism.

Critique


The main criticism to civic nationalism comes from ethnic nationalism, which considers that the former was invented solely to act against the latter.

Yael Tamir has argued that the differences between ethnic and civic nationalism are blurred.