Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1775-1945): Texts and Commentaries: Volume 4, Radical Revisions of Collective Identity

Notwithstanding the advantages of physical power, the struggle for survival among societies is not merely a matter of serial armed clashes but of the nation's spiritual resources that in the end always decide upon the victory. In Europe, there indeed exist independent countries, insignificant from the point of view of the entire civilization, and born by sheer coincidence, yet, this coincidence, this fancy, or diplomatic ploy that created them can just as easily bring them to an end---the nations that count in the political calculations are only the enlightened ones. Therefore, our nation should not merely grow in power, strengthen its character, and foster in people the feeling of love for homeland, but also---inasmuch as it is possible---breath the fresh breeze of humanity's general progress, feed it to the nation, absorb its creative energy. Until now, we have trusted and lived only in the weary conditions, conditions devoid of health-giving elements---now, as a result the nation's heart beats too slowly and its mind works too tediously. We ought to open our windows to Europe, to the wind of continental change and allow it to air our sultry home, since as not all health comes from the inside, not all disease comes from the outside. V. 1. Late Enlightenment : Emergence Of The Modern 'national Idea' -- V. 2. National Romanticism : The Formation Of National Movements -- V. 3. Modernism : The Creation Of Nation-states / Edited By Ahmet Ersoy, Maciej Górny And Vangelis Kechriotis -- -- V. 3/2. Modernism : Representations Of National Culture / Edited By Ahmet Ersoy, Maciej Górny And Vangelis Kechriotis -- V. 4. Anti-modernism : Radical Revisions Of Collective Identity. Editorial Committee Ahmet Ersoy ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover Series title page Title page Copyright page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter I. Integral Nationalism Chapter II. The Crisis of the European Conscience Chapter III. In Search of a National Ontology Chapter IV. Conservative Redefinitions of Tradition and Modernity Chapter V. The Anti-modernist Revolution Basic Secondary Literature on Identity Discourses in Central and Southeast Europe Glossary of Key Terms Used for the Construction of Collective Identity Back cover