Nationalism is a temporal vision (and thus secular, even when using religion in its rhetoric) that divides people into sovereign communities of equal members. The equality of national membership (which, at the same time, may be exclusively defined) elevates every member’s status to that of the elite, making it dependent on the dignity of the nation as a whole.
民族主义是一种当代思维（因此也是世俗的，即使在它自称具有宗教性的时候），它将人们分裂为诸多由平等成员组成的主权社区。民族身份的平等性（与此同时，这一特性可能是排他的）让所有成员都具有了精英身份，其命运也与民族的整体命运融为一体。