Idea českého národního státu třetího tisíciletí – Balík Stanislav (2020)

Introduction – "we are mortal, the nation is eternal" The motto of the national revivalists expresses their faith and determination, but today it seems unnecessary, as according to today's nihilists, the nation is a construct of intellectuals who can, at their whim, dismiss their creation with a wave of the hand. That a mistake has been made is more than evident; there will either be an emotional relationship signifying love for one's natural communities, including the homeland, and the resulting selfless engagement for them (for family, community, homeland), or we will continue to sink into further and further anomie of chaotically thinking individuals, losing the notion of a true moral order, and nihilism will not be alleviated by more and more consumption, accumulation of waste, destruction of the planet, pleasure chasing pleasure, nor by the incredible amount of disparate legal regulations without a unifying moral foundation. The nation and the national state are naturally grown entities from original clans and tribes. Gradually, with the emergence of education and the development of cities, identity shifted from these small communities to a large society, which began to be understood as a nation represented by its language, culture, common history, and the economy of the state. The historically experienced state entity with its basic norms of life and homeland given...