" Gökalp gave " the nation" an important mystical component. In his work, " he transferred to the nation the divine qualities he had found in society, replacing the belief in God with the belief in nation: and so nationalism became a religion." The national is deified, thus expanding Durkheim's idea that " society can do as it pleases." So, if a nation perceives itself in danger, it feels no moral responsibility in its response to that danger. The Unionist " scientific approach" gained a " sacred" character through Gökalp's theories. "