Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
It really goes from here, 19th century nationalism was a throwback on the tie that binds, the shared past with which people could legitimize a nation, it was inward in nature, nobody wanted the return of Rome or the Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne. For islamism that shared past would be the caliphate; outward.
It was pretty outward a lot of the time. Colonies were seen as vital to the prestige of any nation, look at how Mussolini wanted to rebuild a Roman Empire by looking for colonies in eastern Africa.