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The Psychological Architecture of Digital Nationalism
|Updated January 15, 2025|Advanced
digital nationalismpolitical psychologymoral emotionsalgorithmic amplificationtribal cognition
Abstract
This article synthesises converging evidence from evolutionary psychology, social identity theory, moral psychology, and digital platform research to explain why nationalist movements consistently outperform institutional responses in the emotional domain of European politics.