But although more than two years of conflict and a shared nationalist impulse have blurred the distinctions, divisions of ideology endure among the groups.

His best-known films have been historical dramas, many of them critical of nationalist impulses.

In the 1960s, inspired by Mao's Chinese revolution of 1949 and Castro's Cuban revolution of 1959, national independence movements in formerly colonized countries often fused nationalist and socialist impulses.

But although more than two years of conflict and a shared nationalist impulse have blurred the distinctions, divisions of ideology endure - even in Nablus, which Israel calls the center for terrorism in the West Bank.

Folk-song collecting continued after World War I, but the nationalist impulse had subsided and with the tradition disappearing there were fewer singers available as sources.

Mao's nationalist impulses also played a crucially important role in the adaption of Marxism to the Chinese model and in the formation of Maoism.

"Within every leading personality in this country is a nationalist impulse that seems to be becoming stronger and more suspicious."

Other critics of Berlin's bid have meanwhile complained that the Olympic Games have degenerated into a commercial spectacle, and that they could strengthen nationalist impulses.

"Most people describe themselves as losers in the change of systems and in joining the E.U." In response, the region has been swept by a strong nationalist impulse that is being exploited by populist politicians.

This recounts the heroic defiance of the Croats towards the Turks, as a metaphor for their later nationalist impulses within the Habsburg monarchy.