Leerssen - National Thought in Europe

Joep Leerssen

National Thought in Europe

A Cultural History

Amsterdam University Press

National Thought in Europe

National Thought in Europe
A Cultural History
Joep Leerssen

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— Persecution, says he, all the history of the world is full of it. Perpetuating national hatred among nations. —But do you know what a nation is? says John Wyse. — Yes, says Bloom. — What is it? says John Wyse. — A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place. — By God, then, says Ned, laughing, if that’s so I’m a nation for I’m living in the same place for the past five years. — Or also living in different places. — That covers my case, says Joe. James Joyce, Ulysses

Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction   

Source Traditions
Wilderness, Exoticism and the State’s Order: Medieval Views The Renaissance and Democratic Primitivism    

Anthropology and the Nation: Character and Climate in the Seventeenth Century  Politics and the Nation: Patriotism and Democracy in Enlightenment Thought The Nation Empowered: Popular Sovereignty and National Unity in the French Revolution

Culture and the Nation: Literature, the Public Sphere and Anti-French Relativism 

The Politics of National Identity
Napoleon and the Rise of Political Romanticism Napoleon and the Rise of National... [continues]

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