
National Thought in Europe
Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth of national thought and of nationalism — from medieval ethnic prejudice to the Romantic belief in a nation''s ''soul''. The belief and ideology of the nation''s cultural individuality emerged from a Europe-wide exchange of ideas, often articulated in literature and belles lettres. In the l...
Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth of national thought and of nationalism — from medieval ethnic prejudice to the Romantic belief in a nation''s ''soul''. The belief and ideology of the nation''s cultural individuality emerged from a Europe-wide exchange of ideas, often articulated in literature and belles lettres. In the l...
