Romantic nationalism
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Romantic nationalism is a 19th-century ideological movement that fused romantic ideals of emotion, culture, and history with the political project of defining and legitimizing nations based on shared language, folklore, and heritage.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Romanticism | 1 |
| Norwegian Romantic Nationalism | 1 |
| Romantic Nationalism | 1 |
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century political movement
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cultural movement ⓘ ideology ⓘ nationalist ideology ⓘ |
| emergedInContextOf |
decline of feudal structures in Europe
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formation of modern nation-states ⓘ multi-ethnic empires in Europe ⓘ resistance to Napoleonic domination ⓘ rise of mass literacy ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Volksgeist
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ethnic community ⓘ historical mission of the nation ⓘ homeland as sacred space ⓘ mother tongue as marker of nation ⓘ national spirit ⓘ |
| hasCriticism |
idealization and mythologization of the past
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potential to foster chauvinism ⓘ tendency toward exclusionary ethnic definitions ⓘ use in later authoritarian and fascist ideologies ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
creation of national unity
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definition of the nation through shared culture ⓘ mobilization for national independence or unification ⓘ political legitimization of nations ⓘ preservation of national traditions ⓘ resistance to cultural assimilation ⓘ resistance to foreign domination ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
celebration of peasantry as bearers of national spirit
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collection and codification of folklore ⓘ emotional attachment to the homeland ⓘ emphasis on culture ⓘ emphasis on emotion ⓘ emphasis on history ⓘ emphasis on the uniqueness of each nation ⓘ focus on national language ⓘ focus on shared heritage ⓘ fusion of romanticism and nationalism ⓘ idealization of the national past ⓘ interest in folk songs ⓘ interest in folk tales ⓘ interest in medievalism ⓘ interest in national costumes and customs ⓘ interest in national epics ⓘ link between people, land, and history ⓘ opposition to Enlightenment universalism ⓘ organic view of the nation as a cultural community ⓘ sacralization of the nation ⓘ standardization and elevation of vernacular languages ⓘ use of literature and art for national awakening ⓘ use of myth and legend in nation-building ⓘ valorization of folk traditions ⓘ view of the nation as a historical destiny ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfProminence |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Balkan national movements
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Central European national revivals ⓘ Eastern European national revivals ⓘ European nation-building in the 19th century ⓘ German unification ⓘ Italian unification ⓘ Scandinavian national movements ⓘ literary nationalism ⓘ national architecture ⓘ national historiography ⓘ national opera ⓘ national painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment philosophy
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surface form:
Enlightenment nationalism
French Revolution ⓘ German idealism ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ historicism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cultural nationalism
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ethnic nationalism ⓘ folkloristics ⓘ historicist thought ⓘ liberal nationalism ⓘ philology ⓘ romantic literature ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
folklore collections
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historical pageants ⓘ music ⓘ novels ⓘ painting ⓘ poetry ⓘ public monuments ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norwegian Romantic Nationalism
this entity surface form:
National Romanticism
subject surface form:
Pan-Slavism
this entity surface form:
Romantic Nationalism