constitutional patriotism
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Constitutional patriotism is a political theory, associated especially with Jürgen Habermas, that holds citizens’ allegiance should be grounded in shared democratic principles and constitutional norms rather than ethnic or national identity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
normative political concept
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political theory → theory of citizenship → theory of political allegiance → |
| aimsTo |
legitimate democratic institutions
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provide a non‑ethnic basis for political integration → support social cohesion in pluralist societies → |
| appliedTo |
European Union citizenship
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multinational states → supranational polities → |
| associatedWith |
European Union
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European integration → German political thought → Jürgen Habermas → deliberative democracy → liberal democracy → post‑nationalism → |
| contrastsWith |
cultural nationalism
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ethnic nationalism → traditional patriotism based on shared ancestry → |
| coreIdea |
citizens’ allegiance should be grounded in constitutional norms
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citizens’ allegiance should be grounded in shared democratic principles → political loyalty should not be based on cultural nationalism → political loyalty should not be based on ethnic identity → |
| critiquedFor |
alleged abstraction from concrete cultural identities
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difficulty generating strong emotional attachment → reliance on already accepted constitutional consensus → |
| developedInContextOf |
post‑war Germany
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reckoning with National Socialism → |
| emphasizes |
civic identity
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democratic procedures → human rights → public reason → rule of law → universalist principles → |
| hasPrimaryProponent |
Jürgen Habermas
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| historicalOriginPeriod |
late 20th century
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| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant’s political philosophy
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liberal constitutionalism → republican traditions → |
| relatedConcept |
civic nationalism
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cosmopolitanism → deliberative democracy → |
| requires |
acceptance of basic rights and democratic norms
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public deliberation about constitutional principles → |
| supports |
citizens’ right to contest and reform the constitution
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critical attachment to political institutions → loyalty to constitutional principles over loyalty to nation as ethnicity → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Jürgen Habermas
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notableIdea |