This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil
religion of blood sacrifice, which periodically kills its children
to keep the group together. The flag is the sacred object of this
religion; its sacrificial imperative is a secret which the group
keeps from itself to survive. Expanding Durkheim's theory of the
totem taboo as the organizing principle of enduring groups, Carolyn
Marvin uncovers the system of sacrifice and regeneration which
constitutes American nationalism, shows why historical instances of
these rituals succeed or fail in unifying the group, and explains
how mass media are essential to the process. American culture is
depicted as ritually structured by a fertile center and sacrificial
borders of death. Violence plays a key part in its identity. In
essence, nationalism is neither quaint historical residue nor
atavistic extremism, but a living tradition which defines American
life.
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