Local patriotism
Local patriotism , in contrast to nationalism and patriotism, describes the affection (preference) for one's own city or region. Particularly in the emergence of German studies and German legal theory , the national element was considerably relativized by giving priority to particular rights over the German Empire, such as emphasizing affection for one's own, smaller territory.
The term itself has occasionally ironic connotation to patriotism as affective attitude to the fatherland , to the nation or to the home state .
Local patriotic attitudes with regard to the delimitation of regions from one another are often referred to in Switzerland as the cantonal league spirit , alluding to the Swiss cantons .
In Austria , local patriotism is mostly used to distinguish one's own city from national patriotism or Austrianism. According to the leading Austrian expert Ernst Bruckmüller, a clear commitment to the hometown goes hand in hand with that of Austria itself, while in Carinthia and Tyrol , according to his studies, the federal state is in the foreground over the other two.
Individual evidence
- ^ Legal German Studies: A History of the Science of Local Private Law, Frank Ludwig Schäfer, Volume 51 of the Legal Treatises, Verlag Vittorio Klostermann, 2008, ISBN 3465035909
- ↑ Schweizer Rundschau, Volume 35, Union Druck & Verlag., 1935
- ^ Nation Austria: cultural awareness and socio-political processes, volume 4 of studies on politics and administration, author Ernst Bruckmüller, issue 2, Verlag Böhlau Vienna, 1996 ISBN 320598000X