Here is the first part of the text, as a teaser (emphases are mine). I think the topic is still very relevant, not only for the Middle East and Europe in general, but also for the Eastern European context in which I live. NOTE: The idea of publishing here Orwell’s text on nationalism came to me while reading today one of the most interesting text on the situation in the Middle East, Chemi Shalev, ‘ The increasingly dystopian dialogue of the deaf about Israel’s Gaza operation‘ (I would really encourage you to read this article thanks to my friend Manu Rusu for this link). Orwell shows his concern for the social state of Europe, and in a broader sense, the entire world, due to an increasing amount of influence of nationalistic sentiment occurring throughout a large number of countries. In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and become more ignorant towards factuality. “Notes on Nationalism” is an essay completed in May 1945 by George Orwell and published in the first issue of Polemic (October 1945).
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