Tag: nationalism

  • Nation & World

    In this election, ‘costly signal deployment’

    As the 2020 presidential campaign rhetoric heats up, Harvard experimental psychologist Joshua D. Greene, who studies the science behind tribal instincts and moral judgments, looks at the strategy behind President Trump’s increasingly provocative, extreme language.

    8 minutes
    Harvard Professor of Psychology Joshua Greene.
  • Nation & World

    In Europe, nationalism rising

    After the twin triumphs of Trump and Brexit, right-leaning European parties see fresh paths to political power.

    16 minutes
  • Nation & World

    How to build a nation

    While the structures of state can be created by outsiders, national identities can only be created from within, and they commonly arise through shared language, culture, history, and ideals, political theorist Francis Fukuyama says.

    4 minutes