Bourgeois nationalism is a term from Marxist phraseology. It refers to the practice of dividing people by nationality, race, ethnicity, or religion, in order to make them hate (and possibly fight) each other. It is seen as a divide and conquer strategy used by the ruling classes to prevent the working class from uniting against them (hence the Marxist slogan, Workers of all countries, unite!).

The antonym of Bourgeois nationalism is Proletarian internationalism.

See also

• Marxism

References

• Internationalism and Nationalism (http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/liu-shaoqi/1952/internationalism_nationalism/ch05.htm) by Liu Shaoqi
• Marxism and Nationalism (http://www.isreview.org/issues/13/marxism_nationalism_part1.shtml) by Tom Lewis