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Protected: The Truest Devotion: How Patriotism Elevates Our Innate Tribalism into a Virtue
Renaud-Philippe Garner
November 9, 2026
There can be no better time than Remembrance Day to consider the essence of patriotism and rediscover its value. Liberal cosmopolitans may sneer at it as an outdated, destructive impulse uncomfortably adjacent to toxic nationalism and colonialism. Political philosopher Renaud-Philippe Garner instead mounts a carefully considered case that patriotism is in fact a timeless virtue, baked into our human condition. Devotion to one’s homeland and fellow citizens can unite people and motivate them to do good. It did eight decades ago when Canadians rallied, at great cost, to stand up to fascism in the Second World War. And it can again, Garner argues. It’s time, he says, to reclaim patriotism and celebrate it as the eternal virtue it is.
Loving Canada

Protected: The Truest Devotion: How Patriotism Elevates Our Innate Tribalism into a Virtue

Renaud-Philippe Garner
November 9, 2026
There can be no better time than Remembrance Day to consider the essence of patriotism and rediscover its value. Liberal cosmopolitans may sneer at it as an outdated, destructive impulse uncomfortably adjacent to toxic nationalism and colonialism. Political philosopher Renaud-Philippe Garner instead mounts a carefully considered case that patriotism is in fact a timeless virtue, baked into our human condition. Devotion to one’s homeland and fellow citizens can unite people and motivate them to do good. It did eight decades ago when Canadians rallied, at great cost, to stand up to fascism in the Second World War. And it can again, Garner argues. It’s time, he says, to reclaim patriotism and celebrate it as the eternal virtue it is.
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