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The phenomenon of nationalism, emerged in an ideological context late in the XVIIIth century, have led to material developments until our age. Nationalism, causing collapse of multi-national empires and foundation of national states that replace them throughout this process, has been exposed to gradually diverging definitions and as a consequence, it has been transformed to racist ideologies such as fascism and national socialism. The World War II, broken out as a result of above mentioned arguments, ended up with the failure of fascism, that is the dark side of the medal of nationalism. For today’s globalized world where borders are being removed, the concept of nationalism requires to assume new definitions. These alternative definitions and thoughts are featured on the book: “Revisiting Nationalism” written by the duo of writers Alain DIECKHOFF and Christophe JAFFRELOT. The work furthermore introduces the perception of the phenomenon of nationalism in today’s world. Below mentioned work will be presented by MUSTAFA ÖZDEMİR