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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century political movement
cultural movement
ideology
nationalist ideology
emergedInContextOf decline of feudal structures in Europe
formation of modern nation-states
multi-ethnic empires in Europe
resistance to Napoleonic domination
rise of mass literacy
hasConcept Volksgeist
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
potential to foster chauvinism
tendency toward exclusionary ethnic definitions
use in later authoritarian and fascist ideologies
hasGoal creation of national unity
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
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
early 20th century
late 18th century
influenced Balkan national movements
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 nationalism
French Revolution
German Idealism
linked to: German idealism

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Romanticism
historicism
relatedTo cultural nationalism
ethnic nationalism
folkloristics
historicist thought
liberal nationalism
philology
romantic literature
usesMedium folklore collections
historical pageants
music
novels
painting
poetry
public monuments

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Johann Gottfried Herder influenced Romantic nationalism
Oscarshall hasInteriorStyle Norwegian Romantic Nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Italian Risorgimento influencedBy Romantic nationalism
Polish independence movement ideology Romantic nationalism
Addresses to the German Nation influenced Romantic nationalism
Norwegian independence movement influencedBy Romantic nationalism
Mission Revival influencedByMovement Romantic Nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Pan-Slavism influencedBy Romantic nationalism
subject linked to: pan-Slavism
National Romantic architecture influencedBy National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Bulgarian National Revival influencedBy Romantic nationalism
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson movement Norwegian romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
National Gallery of Norway hasSubject Norwegian Romantic nationalism in art
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Hans Gude influencedBy Norwegian Romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Johan Fredrik Eckersberg partOf Norwegian Romantic nationalism in art
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Akseli Gallen-Kallela movement National Romanticism
subject linked to: Axel
linked to: Romantic nationalism
The Defense of the Sampo movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Lemminkäinen’s Mother movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Kullervo’s Curse movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Lake Keitele movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Old Woman with a Cat movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
The Kullervo Series movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
The Kullervo Series partOf Finnish national romantic art
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Self-Portrait at the Easel movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Ossian influenced Scandinavian Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Middle Ages revivalism associatedWith Romantic nationalism
Axel Waldemar Gallén movement National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Axel Waldemar Gallén influencedBy National Romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje movement Norwegian national romanticism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Volksgeist isAssociatedWith Romantic nationalism
subject linked to: Volksgeist (spirit of a people)
Caupolicán influenced Chilean romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
William Tell influenced European Romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Albanian National Awakening influencedBy Romantic nationalism
Albanian National Awakening intellectuals influencedBy European romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Volksgemeinschaft influencedBy German Romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Fifteenth Address influencedBy German Romantic nationalism
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Renaixença hasCause Romantic nationalism in Europe
linked to: Romantic nationalism
Young Ireland movement inspiredBy Romantic nationalism