The Simultaneous Reactions Elicited All Over The

Earlier Ages Fortified Themselves Behind The Sovereign State, Behind Protectionism And Militarism.

Internationalism Is A Social And Political Theory, A Certain Concept Of How Human Society Ought To Be Organized, And In Particular A Concept Of How The Nations Ought To Organize Their Mutual Relations.

Only Recently, During The Nineteenth Century, And Then Only In Europe, Do We Meet Forms Of The State Which Have Been Created By A Deliberate National Feeling.

Within Each Such Social Group, A Feeling Of Solidarity Prevails, A Compelling Need To Work Together And A Joy In Doing So That Represent A High Moral Value.

It Is Against This Concept Of The Sovereign State, A State Isolated By Protectionism And Militarism, That Internationalism Must Now Engage In Decisive Battle.