Origins of Nationalism - An Alternative History From Ancient Rome to Early Modern Germany

Informationen zum Autor Caspar Hirschi teaches history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. His previous titles include Wettkampf der Nationen: Konstruktionen einer deutschen Ehrgemeinschaft an der Wende vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit (2005). Klappentext This wide-ranging study offers a new interpretation of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging study offers a new interpretation of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Arguing that nationalism is the legacy of Roman imperialism in the Middle Ages! Caspar Hirschi identifies the earliest nationalists among Renaissance humanists! bringing new insight into European politics and the history of political scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The modernist paradigm: strengths and weaknesses; 3. Foundations of a new nationalism theory; 4. Killing and dying for love: the common fatherland; 5. Competing for honour: the making of nations in late medieval Europe; 6. The nationalist transformation of borders and languages; 7. Humanist nationalism; 8. A German Emperor for the German people; 9. Nation and denomination; 10. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Caspar Hirschi, Caspar (Dr Hirschi, Hirschi Caspar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521764117
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76411-7
• No. of pages: 251
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History of Ideas, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Nationalism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700