Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen

The aim of this essay is to investigate the concepts of cultural identity and national sovereignty as they emerge in radical German nationalism after 1806 in relation to French Revolutionary ideas and seek to reconstruct a radical revolutionary, i.e. a ‘French Revolution’, context for the idea of Ge...

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Main Author: Oergel, Maike
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Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52096/
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spelling nottingham-520962018-09-20T09:55:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52096/ Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen Oergel, Maike The aim of this essay is to investigate the concepts of cultural identity and national sovereignty as they emerge in radical German nationalism after 1806 in relation to French Revolutionary ideas and seek to reconstruct a radical revolutionary, i.e. a ‘French Revolution’, context for the idea of German national unity. Such a ‘French Revolution’ context differs from attempts to create national unity ‘from above’, it also questions the view that the ‘Teutomania’ emerging in the context of the Wars of Liberation can only be interpreted as the precursor to chauvinist German nationalism of later periods. Edinburgh University Press 2018-08-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52096/1/Oergel%20Constitutionalism%20and%20Cultural%20Identity%20AAM%20May%202018.pdf Oergel, Maike (2018) Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen. Comparative Critical Studies, 15 (2). pp. 183-205. ISSN 1744-1854 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2018.0288 doi:10.3366/ccs.2018.0288 doi:10.3366/ccs.2018.0288
spellingShingle Oergel, Maike
Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title_full Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title_fullStr Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title_full_unstemmed Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title_short Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen
title_sort constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in german political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the burschenschaftler karl follen
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