[lunulae]

hi all

lately i've been very perplexed about politics and so on. i've had an early interest in intellectual pursuits and i feel confident with fields like biology (evolutionary biology), ethnology (i am an ethnology-student myself), anthropology, sociology, some psychology etcetera. i have a profound passion for my country. i love to study the folk culture, customs, traditions and so forth, though i don't support any form of chauvinism or national supremacy. my problem is that i don't feel my nationalistic views go hand in hand with the consensus of the science of today. lets take an example. richard dawkins is a secular humanist and i've agreed on much of his stuff (almost every of his stuff), but how can my views on politics be compatible with these (his) views? i mean, i should obviously be a secular humanist if i agree with dawkins. or am i misunderstanding something? the only modern intellectual who publicly defends nationalism is the english conservative philosopher roger scruton and i don't lend him all my trust, since my view on religion always has been very skeptical. as you can hear, i am quite confused. if you have any thoughts on my situation or have similar experiences, then please post in this thread.

thank you