Philosophical Anarchology of Patriotism and (24/30)

 

Philosophical Anarchology of Patriotism and the Philosophical Anarchopathology of Patriotoxication (24/30)

M. Sadeghi Janbahan

Translated by Laya Najmaraqi 



A Philosophical Anarchological Elucidation of Homeland, Borders, and Identity in the Existential Perspective of Anarchic and Free Life

The Philosophical Anarchopathology of Patriotoxication:

Unconscious Fears and the Roots of Patriotoxication

Within the framework of the philosophical anarchopathology of homeland, patriotism—especially in its dogmatic and ideological forms—is diagnosed as a manifestation of an unhealthy psychological and cultural dependency. This dependency often stems from deeply rooted unconscious fears and existential anxieties, particularly the fear of identity instability. Contrary to popular belief, such patriotism does not emerge from love, but from an anxious, rootless identity crisis—a crisis that seeks refuge in the construction of a so-called “identity shelter.”

Fear of dissolving in a borderless world, fear of the other, fear of psychological homelessness, and fear of freedom are among the core components of the anarchopathological structure of patriotoxication. The extremely patriotic individual, in this analysis, resorts to symbols like soil, flags, history, and race to escape from these hidden fears. These symbols may offer temporary psychological stability, but they simultaneously confine the individual within boundaries of submission and domination.

Such a form of patriotism is not only an obstacle to ethical living and free choice, but it also becomes a source of both symbolic and actual violence. To preserve a constructed identity, it relies on the exclusion of the other, enemy-making, and the glorification of homogeneity. Thus, patriotism in this pathological form is less an expression of love and more a symptom of a deep-seated inability to coexist with difference—a condition we call patriotoxication.

Philosophical anarchopathology does not condemn or mock this condition; rather, it brings the mechanisms of patriotoxication into the realm of ethical and cognitive awareness. Only by passing through these unconscious fears and reconstructing belonging on the basis of dignity, freedom, and voluntary choice can one move from ideological patriotism (patriotoxication) toward a form of homeland-awareness rooted in freedom. Such a transition demands profound psychological and moral courage—the courage to sever toxic dependencies.

Conscious Homeland-Distance:

An Ethical Act, Not a Denial of Homeland

Homeland-distance in the light of philosophical anarchology is not a negation of homeland nor a form of rootlessness. Rather, it is an ethical and conscious stance that resists ideological and domination-oriented patriotism as a liberating act. It reflects individual and collective courage that refuses to be enslaved by borders, blood, or race.

Those historical figures who stood resiliently against aggressive patriotism were not rootless exiles—they were among the most deeply rooted people, rooted in the soil of dignity and freedom. They had freed themselves from imposed affiliations and bravely redefined the meaning of homeland—not as a geographic or ethnic enclosure but as a space founded upon freedom, empathy, and acceptance of difference.

In this perspective, homeland-distance is not a rupture from identity but a reconstruction of an ethical and liberating identity that enables free and responsible coexistence. It is a response to the pathological conditions of patriotic fervor that sacrifice dignity and freedom in the name of identity cohesion.

Hence, conscious homeland-distance does not mean abandoning one’s homeland, but rather means building a new kind of homeland—one where people live together with mutual respect and dignity. A homeland where coerced belonging is replaced by conscious, voluntary affiliation.


Citation 

Sadeghi Janbahan, Mahmoud. (2025). “Philosophical Anarchology of Patriotism and the Philosophical Anarchopathology of Patriotoxication (24/30): From Patriotoxication as a Prison to Cosmopolitanism as the Horizon of Anarchic Freedom.”

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