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Bourgeois nationalism is a term from Marxist phraseology. It refers to the practice of dividing people by nationality
Nationality

Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state....
, race, ethnicity, or religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
, which were alleged to deflect them from class warfare
Class Warfare

Class Warfare is a book of interviews with Noam Chomsky conducted by David Barsamian. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Pluto Press in 1996....
. It is seen as a divide and conquer
Divide and conquer

Divide and conquer may refer to:* Divide and rule, in politics, sociology and economics, a strategy to gain or maintain power* Divide and conquer algorithm, in computer science, an algorithm design paradigm based on recursion...
 strategy
Strategy

A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a particular Objective .Strategy is different from Tactic . In military terms, tactics is concerned with the conduct of an engagement while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked....
 used by the ruling class
Ruling class

The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy.The ruling class is a particular sector of the upper class that adheres to quite specific circumstances: it has both the most material wealth and the most widespread influence over all the other classes, and it choo...
es to prevent the working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 from uniting against them (hence the Marxist slogan, Workers of all countries, unite!).








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Bourgeois nationalism is a term from Marxist phraseology. It refers to the practice of dividing people by nationality
Nationality

Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state....
, race, ethnicity, or religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
, which were alleged to deflect them from class warfare
Class Warfare

Class Warfare is a book of interviews with Noam Chomsky conducted by David Barsamian. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Pluto Press in 1996....
. It is seen as a divide and conquer
Divide and conquer

Divide and conquer may refer to:* Divide and rule, in politics, sociology and economics, a strategy to gain or maintain power* Divide and conquer algorithm, in computer science, an algorithm design paradigm based on recursion...
 strategy
Strategy

A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a particular Objective .Strategy is different from Tactic . In military terms, tactics is concerned with the conduct of an engagement while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked....
 used by the ruling class
Ruling class

The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy.The ruling class is a particular sector of the upper class that adheres to quite specific circumstances: it has both the most material wealth and the most widespread influence over all the other classes, and it choo...
es to prevent the working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 from uniting against them (hence the Marxist slogan, Workers of all countries, unite!).

See also

  • Lenin's national policy
  • Proletarian internationalism
    Proletarian internationalism

    Proletarian internationalism is a Marxist social class theory whose concept is that members of the working class should act in solidarity towards working people in other countries on the basis of a common class interest, rather than following their respective national governments....
    , an antonym
    Antonym

    In lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow....
     of bourgeois nationalism.
  • Marxism
    Marxism

    Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism holds at its core a Marxist analysis of Critique of capitalism and a theory of social change....
  • Nationalism
    Nationalism

    Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....