What does it mean to be “a true patriot”? Patriotism in public discourse

Abstract:

The module is aimed at addressing the issue of patriotism and its presence in public discourse. Public discourse is a factor that can influence people’s attitudes and their acts which enable those who create it to achieve their goals (of different nature). Patriotic values are not infrequently referred to by creators of public discourse and used with an intention to have impact on people’s behaviours.

Objectives:

• to introduce and discuss crucial questions concerning patriotism and patriotic values
• to show that patriotism manifests itself in a wide range of behaviours that by different people are assessed in different ways to show that patriotism manifests itself in a wide range of behaviours that by different people are assessed in different ways
• to show how the notion of patriotism is used by those who create public discourse • to support students’ critical thinking about issues related to patriotism that are present in the public discourse

Target group: undergraduate students of social sciences and humanities

Keywords: patriotism, public discourse, values, behaviours, attitudes