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Albert Einstien once said "Nationalism is an infantile disease
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Iqbal Akhtar Modern SA Hisory-Sen April 17, 2002 Nationalism and Shadow Lines Albert Einstien once said "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.1" This is the view of nationalism that Amitav Gosh later elucidates in his article about nuclear weapons "Countdown." But this view of nationalism as some sort of pathological notion is completely missing the origin and meaning of nationalism as a political ideology. Nationalism is not a pathological ideology, but a neutral tool of political science to be used for the betterment or desolation of human society. The idea of nationalism creates boundaries and boarders, which Gosh describes as "shadow lines." Simply defined these lines and boundaries created by nationalism are reflections and distortions of lines and cleavages already existing in society. The book, Shadow Lines, portrays that many of those who cross these lines are punished and some even killed. This...
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