Blind nationalism

Blind nationalism is extreme nationalism such as Nazism or chauvinism. It is the nationalism "which does not allow the rational nature of the human mind to assert itself".

It was used to explain the totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in the Interwar period, which eventually led to World War II. The term is sometimes associated with American expansionism.

The earliest known use of the phrase "blind nationalism" is in the 1908 book Racial Problems in Hungary by British historian Robert William Seton-Watson:

In his 2000 book Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, American author and critic of United States foreign policy William Blum says "If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses."

According to David Niose, former president of the American Humanist Association:

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