TY - JOUR

T1 - Patriotism, nationalism and modernity

T2 - The patriotic societies in the Danish conglomerate state, 1769-1814

AU - Engelhardt, Juliane

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - The Article investigates sixty-three patriotic societies etablished in the Danish conglomerat state during the Age of the Enlightenment, since they can throw light on the pre-national collective identities. it explains how the patriotic societies had both an external function in regard to society and an internal function among their members. It analyses how the members comprehended patriotism and how they propagated ideas of solidarity and good citizenship to a wider audience. The patriotism of the eighteenth century is also compared to the nationalisme of the nineteenth century, and the way they reflected two different understandings of core concepts such as state, language and folk culture is explained. However, both ideologies correlate to modernity, since the reflect the same dialectic tension in the relationship between the individual, the social community and the modern state

AB - The Article investigates sixty-three patriotic societies etablished in the Danish conglomerat state during the Age of the Enlightenment, since they can throw light on the pre-national collective identities. it explains how the patriotic societies had both an external function in regard to society and an internal function among their members. It analyses how the members comprehended patriotism and how they propagated ideas of solidarity and good citizenship to a wider audience. The patriotism of the eighteenth century is also compared to the nationalisme of the nineteenth century, and the way they reflected two different understandings of core concepts such as state, language and folk culture is explained. However, both ideologies correlate to modernity, since the reflect the same dialectic tension in the relationship between the individual, the social community and the modern state

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Borgerskab, nationalisme, patriotiske selskaber, Oplysningstiden, Danmark-Norge

KW - Bourgeoisie/middle classes, Denmark-Norway, nationalism, Patriotic societies, The Enlightenment

M3 - Journal article

VL - 13

SP - 205

EP - 224

JO - Nations and Nationalism

JF - Nations and Nationalism

SN - 1354-5078

IS - 2

ER -