| National Romanticism: Formation of National Movements Contributor(s): Trencsényi, Balázs (Editor), Kopeček, Michal (Editor), Hroch, Miroslav (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 963732660X ISBN-13: 9789637326608 Publisher: Central European University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2007 Annotation: Presents and illustrates the formation of national movements in Central and Southeast Europe. The 67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and national identity. The end of the eighteenth century and first decades of the nineteenth were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. The dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution revealed roads for the future development of European society. In arts and culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism. And, above all, a new group identity was announced, which elevated the nation as the supreme value. National Romanticism sought affiliation with this new community, the nation, which was easy to endow with a certain emotional attractiveness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 943.000 |
| LCCN: 2006000224 |
| Series: Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770-1945) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.91 lbs) 502 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and the national movements in the cultural space ranging from Poland to the Ottoman Empire. Each text is accompanied by a presentation of the author, and by an analysis of the context in which the respective work was born.The end of the 18th century and first decades of the 19th were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment and the dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. In culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism and provided a new key for a growing number of activists to 're-imagine' their national community, reaching beyond the traditional frameworks of identification (such as the 'political nation', regional patriotism, or Christian universalism). The collection focuses on the interplay of Romantic cultural discourses and the shaping of national ideology throughout the 19th century, tracing the patterns of cultural transfer with Western Europe as well as the mimetic competition of national ideologies within the region. |