Abandoning Democracy for the Nation – In Conversation with Filip Milačić

RevDem Podcast · May 7, 2026 · 36m

Of the many political ideologies that exist, perhaps oneof the most paradoxical ones is nationalism. It has been associated with various political currents. At the end of the eighteenth and during the nineteenth century, people who wanted to overcome monarchy were often staunchnationalists. In the first half of the twentieth century, nationalism is said to have been a root cause for the two world wars and the horrors of fascism. However, especially in the second half of the same century, nationalism was important inthe fight against imperialism and the struggle for decolonization of many…