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Nationalism that equates 'state identity' with 'nation identity'

Not to be confused with [Nation state](/source/Nation_state).

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**State nationalism** or **state-led nationalism**[1] is a nationalism that equates 'state identity' with '[nation identity](/source/National_identity)' or values state authority. 'State nationalism' is considered a form of '[civic nationalism](/source/Civic_nationalism)' and there are similarities between the two, but state nationalism also has to do with illiberal, [authoritarian](/source/Authoritarianism) and [totalitarian](/source/Totalitarianism) politics.[2][3][4]

## Conceptual framework

See also: [Authoritarian nationalism](/source/Authoritarian_nationalism)

State nationalism is a "top-down" process where the state apparatus creates and promotes a national identity to secure political legitimacy. Unlike [ethnic nationalism](/source/Ethnic_nationalism), which typically emerges as a "bottom-up" movement from shared ancestry, state nationalism relies on the existing legal and political boundaries of the state. Scholars like [Anthony D. Smith](/source/Anthony_D._Smith) categorize this as a feature of "territorial nations," where the state exists before a coherent sense of national belonging is formed. In this model, the state uses institutions—such as public education, military service, and official language policies—to assimilate diverse populations into a single national body.[2][4][5][6][7]

## By countries

### Asia

In the [East Asian cultural sphere](/source/Sinosphere), including [China](/source/China), "state nationalism" and "[statism](/source/Statism)" are both written as 國家主義,[a] making the distinction between the two unclear.[8][9] Also, in the East Asian cultural sphere, *state nationalism* is often contrasted with [ethnic-based national liberation movements](/source/Minzu_(anthropology)#National_liberation_movements).[10][11][12]

#### China

[Chinese state nationalism](/source/Chinese_state_nationalism) is a civic nationalistic ideology,[2] but it is an ideology that reduces [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong)'s autonomy and justifies the [dictatorship](/source/Dictatorship) of the [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party).[13][14][15]

#### Japan

Main article: [Kokkashugi](/source/Kokkashugi)

*Kokkashugi* (国家主義), variously translated as "statism"[16] and "[nationalism](/source/Nationalism)",[17] "state-nationalism"[18] and "national socialism",[19] was the ruling ideology of the [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan), particularly during the first decades of the [Shōwa era](/source/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era).

[Japanese ultranationalism](/source/Japanese_ultranationalism) (ex: [Shōwa statism](/source/Sh%C5%8Dwa_statism)) is often described as "state ultranationalism" ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): [超国家主義](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A0))[20] because it values state unity around the [Emperor of Japan](/source/Emperor_of_Japan).[20]

#### Mongolia

[Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal](/source/Yumjaagiin_Tsedenbal) during the [People's Republic of Mongolia](/source/People's_Republic_of_Mongolia) is an example of state nationalism.[21]

#### Turkey

Main article: [Kemalism](/source/Kemalism)

Kemalism can also be referred to as [Turkish state nationalism](/source/Turkish_state_nationalism).[22]

### Europe

#### Italy

In [Italian fascism](/source/Italian_fascism), state nationalist sentiment appears in the slogan [Benito Mussolini](/source/Benito_Mussolini): "Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato" ("Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State"); this illustrates the fascist principle of statolatry, where the state is elevated to a spiritual entity that absorbs all aspects of private and national life.[23][24][25]

#### Former Soviet Union

Main article: [Soviet nationalism](/source/Soviet_nationalism)

#### Spain

Main article: [Francoist Spain § Francoism](/source/Francoist_Spain#Francoism)

[Francoism](/source/Francoism) is marked by 'state nationalism' based on authoritarianism due to the multi-ethnic nature of [Spain](/source/Spain).[4]

## See also

- [Integral nationalism](/source/Integral_nationalism) – an authoritarian form of nationalism that subordinates all aspects of society to the state

- [Statolatry](/source/Statolatry) – the ideological glorification of the state, central to fascist state nationalism

- [Socialist patriotism](/source/Socialist_patriotism) – a form of patriotism promoted by Marxist–Leninist states, often used to foster loyalty to the state and its ideology

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** - [Simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 国家主义, [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): guójiā zhǔyì - [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): 国家主義, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *kokka shugi* - [Korean](/source/Korean_language): 국가주의 - [Vietnamese](/source/Vietnamese_language): chủ nghĩa quốc gia

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-Smith1991_5-0)** Anthony D. Smith (1991). *National Identity*. Penguin Books. pp. 80–85, 110–116.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Anderson1983_6-0)** Benedict Anderson (1983). *Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism*. Verso. pp. 83–111.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-nazi_16-0)** Chang, Che (1 December 2020). ["The Nazi Inspiring China's Communists"](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/nazi-china-communists-carl-schmitt/617237/). *The Atlantic*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Tamanoi, Mariko Asano (2008-10-31). [*Memory Maps: The State and Manchuria in Postwar Japan*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jY4BEAAAQBAJ). University of Hawaii Press. p. 144. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8248-6359-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8248-6359-3).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Hofmann, Reto (2015-07-09). [*The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy, 1915–1952*](https://books.google.com/books?id=NO5IDwAAQBAJ). Cornell University Press. p. 157. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8014-5636-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-5636-7). ...the literal translation of kokkashugi is "state socialism." This rendering reflects its proponents' emphasis on the state as an institution to solve economic and social problems. But the adherents of this ideology often translated kokkashugi as "national socialism," and contemporaries often remarked about the parallels with German National Socialism. For example, the title of the journal of this school of thought was kokkashakaishugi, which they translated as "national socialism."

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Thomas_R.H._Havens_21-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Thomas_R.H._Havens_21-1) Thomas R.H. Havens (March 8, 2015). *Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940*. Princeton University Press. p. 319.

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