What Is Pan-Nationalism?
Pan-nationalism in the social sciences includes forms of nationalism that aim to transcend traditional boundaries of basic or historical national identities in order to create a "higher" pan-national (all-inclusive)… Part of the Nationalist family.
Definition
Pan-nationalism in the social sciences includes forms of nationalism that aim to transcend traditional boundaries of basic or historical national identities in order to create a "higher" pan-national (all-inclusive) identity, based on various common denominators.
Definition quoted from Wikipedia: Pan-nationalism (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; checked October 20, 2026).
Core ideas
- Unity of a wider cultural or ethnic group.
- Redrawing or transcending state borders.
- Shared identity above individual states.
Origins
19th-century Europe.
Core ideas, origins and thinkers: Atlas summary.
Where Pan-Nationalism sits on the Atlas maps
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 39 | near the center | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 72 | toward traditional | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 65 | toward authoritarian | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 100 | strongly toward nationalist | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 63 | near the center |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 46 | near the center |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 60 | near the center |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 100 | strongly toward nationalist |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 77 | toward traditionalist |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 71 | toward autocratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 71 | toward hierarchical |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 71 | toward state planning |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 63 | near the center |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 62 | near the center |
These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the tradition’s core principles through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.
Estimated positions on key questions
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A naturalized citizen can belong to the nation as fully as someone born there. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively. | Disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Traditional values should guide what society considers right and wrong. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Class distinctions should gradually disappear. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Non-intervention should be the default even when allies request military assistance. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Regulations on business should be minimized whenever possible. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A strong leader who gets things done matters more than following proper procedures. | Agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Foreign students should be deported for taking part in protests the government considers supportive of terrorism. | Agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Traditional family structures should receive special recognition in public policy. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
Related ideologies
Main differences from the closest ideologies
- Compared with State Corporatism, Pan-Nationalism sits 17 points further toward nationalist on the national identity dimension.
- Compared with Peronism, Pan-Nationalism sits 32 points further toward intervention on the foreign policy dimension.
- Compared with National Populism, Pan-Nationalism sits 33 points further toward intervention on the foreign policy dimension.
Figures with the closest estimated positions
Closeness of estimated positions only; this does not mean these people identify with Pan-Nationalism.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Pan-nationalism
- Wikipedia: Pan-Nationalism (Wikipedia search)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Nationalism
Position last reviewed: not yet reviewed individually.