The Origins of Nationalism : An Alternative History from Ancient Rome to Early Modern Germany
Caspar. Hirschi
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (258 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; The Origins of Nationalism; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Organism into artefact; 1.2 Fighting the modernist cause - a lost cause?; 1.3 Turning constructivism downside up; 1.4 The impact of Antiquity, or the power of anachronism; 1.5 Nationalism: promoter of historical scholarship?; 2 The modernist paradigm: strengths and weaknesses; 2.1 Nationalism without nationalists; 2.2 Strengths and shortcomings; 2.3 Fake communities by 'fake' constructivists; 2.4 Modernist myopia and the 'invention of tradition'. - 3 Foundations of a new nationalism theory3.1 How to describe the nation?; 3.2 Equality and multipolarity; 3.3 The nation: a product of failed imperialisms; 3.4 Competing for honour and freedom; 3.5 Definitions; 4 Killing and dying for love: the common fatherland; 4.1 Cicero and the construction of the ideal patriot; 4.2 Ascetic love; 4.3 Patriotic distortions of politics; 4.4 Patriotism's smooth transition from republic to principate; 4.5 From earth to heaven and back: the Middle Ages; 4.6 A multitude of New Israels and New Romes; 4.7 Legal scholars: the King's patriotic citizens. - 4.8 The downgrading of Empire and Papacy5 Competing for honour: the making of nations in late medieval Europe; 5.1 Corporative honour: 'nationes' at medieval universities; 5.2 From concrete to abstract communities: The 'nationes' at the Council of Constance; 5.3 The new dimensions of national honour; 5.4 National honour: symptom of an overheating economy of honour; 5.5 How to measure the standing of a nation?; 5.6 National honour: remedy for an overheating economy of honour; 6 The nationalist transformation of borders and languages; 6.1 'Tongue' as political space; 6.2 'Adam was a German'. - 6.3 Purifying the German language (and the German people)6.4 The limited originality of Romantic nationalism; 7 Humanist nationalism; 7.1 Renaissance humanism - an innovative anachronism; 7.2 Barbarising the French or how Italian humanists successfully fought reality; 7.3 The Emperor's independent supporters: humanist nationalists in Germany; 7.4 The interdependence of nationalist isolation and assimilation; 7.5 Germany - the (yet-to-be) civilised nation; 7.6 Germany - the authentic nation; 8 A German Emperor for the German people; 8.1 The introduction of nationality as an election criterion. - 8.2 The impact of popular xenophobia8.3 From German hero to Spanish invader - the transformation of Emperor Charles V; 9 Nation and denomination; 9.1 Martin Luther's German nation; 9.2 The authentic nation of Protestants vs. the civilised nation of Catholics; 9.3 The continuity of a non-confessional national discourse; 10 Conclusion; 10.1 Nationalism and confessional fundamentalism; 10.2 The modern legacy of the ancient learned politician; 10.3 Coda; Bibliography of works cited; Index. - This wide-ranging study offers a new interpretation of nationalism and the formation of European nations.
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| ISBN | 9780521747905. - 9780521764117
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