How Patriotism Turns Demonic
C.S. Lewis argues that a healthy love of country can sour

C.S. Lewis understood love of country. He fought and lost friends in World War I. Much of his writing occurs in the shadow of World War II. In The Four Loves, he wrote about the importance of patriotism.
Good patriotism doesn’t prevent a nation from making mistakes, but it should make those mistakes more obvious. A ri…




