Editing Romantic nationalism (section)

===Claims of primacy or superiority===
At the same time, linguistic and cultural nationality, colored with pre-genetic concepts of race, bolstered two rhetorical claims used to this day: claims of primacy and claims of superiority. Primacy is the claimed [[Natural and legal rights|inalienable right]] of a culturally and racially defined people to a geographical terrain, a ''"heartland"'' (a vivid expression) or [[homeland]]. [[Richard Wagner]] notoriously argued that those who were ethnically different could not comprehend the artistic and cultural meaning inherent in national culture. Identifying "Jewishness" even in musical style,<ref>Wagner, ''[[Das Judenthum in der Musik]]'' 1850.</ref> he specifically attacked the Jews as being unwilling to assimilate into German culture, and thus unable to truly comprehend the mysteries of its music and language. Sometimes "national epics" such as the [[Nibelunglied]] have had a galvanizing effect on social politics.