Ultranationalism

Ultranationalism is an extreme form of nationalism but also different from it in the ways of its realization according to which the good of the nation precedes any other value and justifies and exalts any action that promotes this goal. While according to nationalism, nation and state are a means to achieve freedom, equality and peace for individuals and nations, in ultranationalism nation and state are the goal itself and not a means. In ultranationalism there is also a tendency for the unification of culture and for the subordination of art to uniform rules and models, and the apostasy of the value of pluralism. Ultranationalism, in general, strives to suppress internal conflicts, while nationalism may sometimes see them as a way of creative construction or at least tolerance towards them to a certain extent, as required by a democratic regime.