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Johann Gottfried von Herder - Materials for the Philosophy of the Hist
Mar 20 2009, 9:10 PM EDT
Johann Gottfried von Herder writes of cultural nationalism in his Materials for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind. He is a German scholar who says that Germany is brought together through a shared language and shared customs which make it unique to other nations. He states the idea of a nation is natural like families are natural. “Nature brings forth families; the most natural state therefore is also one people, with a national character of its own.” He also states that “An empire made up of a hundred peoples and 120 provinces which have been forced together is a monstrosity, not a state-body.” Thus he believes in a form of a nation of a singular community of people bound together by a common language and history.
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