[Caveman_Coder]

I'd check out "The Concept of the Political" by Carl Schmitt...it presents a different argument about national identity and nation states [1][2].

[1] https://is.muni.cz/el/1423/jaro2017/SOC286/um/Schmitt_1996_-...

[2] https://fee.org/articles/carl-schmitt-the-philosopher-of-con...