Distributed for Amsterdam University Press

Joep Leerssen

National Thought in Europe

A Cultural History

320 pages,  6-1/8 x 9-1/4 

Paper $32.50

ISBN: 9789053569566   Published April 2007
For sale in the USA, its dependencies, and Canada

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Ranging widely across countries and centuries, National Thought in Europe critically analyzes the growth of nationalism from its beginnings in medieval ethnic prejudice to the romantic era’s belief in a national soul. A fertile pan-European exchange of ideas, often rooted in literature, led to a notion of a nation’s cultural individuality that transformed the map of Europe. By looking deeply at the cultural contexts of nationalism, Joep Leerssen not only helps readers understand the continent’s past, but he also provides a surprising perspective on contemporary European identity politics.

Subjects

• History: European History

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