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Building the NationN.F.S. Grundtvig and Danish National Identity |
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How Denmark became Denmark through one of the most successful nation building processes in history.
Denmark became a nation amidst the turbulence of the nineteenth century, an era plagued by war, bankruptcy, and territorial loss. Building the Nation is an insightful study of this formation, emphasizing the crucial role of N.F.S. Grundtvig, the father of modern Denmark.
Persevering through years of humiliation, internal conflict, and occupation, Denmark now boasts one of the world's most stable and democratic political systems, as well as one of its richest economies. From disaster to success, Building the Nation emphasizes the role of national icons and social movements in the formation of Denmark. The poet, political philosopher, clergyman, and founding father N.F.S. Grundtvig is compared to Rousseau and Durkheim in France, to Herder and Fichte in Germany, and to other great thinkers in the United States and Ireland. During his lifetime, the kingdom of Denmark transformed from monarchy to democracy and moved from agrarianism to a modern economy - evolutions to which Grundtvig himself contributed. He has become a fundamental and inescapable reference-point for discussions about nation, democracy, freedom, religion, and education in Denmark and abroad.
Situating Grundtvig in both the history of Denmark and the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe, Building the Nation argues for the centrality of his influence in the making of modern Denmark, as well as the continuing influence of his work.
Persevering through years of humiliation, internal conflict, and occupation, Denmark now boasts one of the world's most stable and democratic political systems, as well as one of its richest economies. From disaster to success, Building the Nation emphasizes the role of national icons and social movements in the formation of Denmark. The poet, political philosopher, clergyman, and founding father N.F.S. Grundtvig is compared to Rousseau and Durkheim in France, to Herder and Fichte in Germany, and to other great thinkers in the United States and Ireland. During his lifetime, the kingdom of Denmark transformed from monarchy to democracy and moved from agrarianism to a modern economy - evolutions to which Grundtvig himself contributed. He has become a fundamental and inescapable reference-point for discussions about nation, democracy, freedom, religion, and education in Denmark and abroad.
Situating Grundtvig in both the history of Denmark and the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe, Building the Nation argues for the centrality of his influence in the making of modern Denmark, as well as the continuing influence of his work.
Details
464 Pages, 6 x 9
4 b&w photos, 2 tables
ISBN 9780773544062
March 2015
Formats: Paperback, eBook
John A. Hall is James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at McGill University.
Ove Korsgaard is professor of education at the University of Aarhus.
Ove K. Pedersen is professor of comparative political economy at Copenhagen Business School.
Ove Korsgaard is professor of education at the University of Aarhus.
Ove K. Pedersen is professor of comparative political economy at Copenhagen Business School.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
John A. Hall and Ove Korsgaard
Part One: Theoretical Groundwork
1 Nation Building and State Building 29
Francis Fukuyama
2 Icons of Nationalism 51
Anthony D. Smith
3 Between Tradition and Modernity: Grundtvig and Cultural Nationalism 79
Michael Böss
Part Two: Enabling Conditions
4 Religious Revivalism in Sweden and Denmark 95
Hanne Sanders
5 The Nation as Event: The Dissolution of the Oldenburg Monarchy and Grundtvig’s Nationalism 110
Uffe Østergård
6 Why Denmark Did Not Become Switzerland 134
Jason O. Jensen and John A. Hall
Part Three: Grundtvig and the People
7 “Hand of King and Voice of People”: Grundtvig on Democracy and the Responsibility of the Self 151
Tine Damsholt
8 On the Church, the State, and the School: Grundtvig as Enlightenment Philosopher and Social Thinker 169
Uffe Jonas
9 How Grundtvig Became a Nation Builder 192
Ove Korsgaard
Part Four: Comparison
10 Fichte and Grundtvig as Educators of the People 213
Per Øhrgaard
11 Come Together: Thoughts and Theories on Social Cohesion in the Work of Nikolai Grundtvig and Émile Durkheim 232
Katrine Baunvig
12 “The Gordian Knot”: Grundtvig and British Liberalism 254
Ole Vind
13 Grundtvig and the Slavic Awakening in East Central Europe: (Con)textual Parallels, Mutual Perceptions 267
Peter Bugge
14 Crisis of Religion and Nineteenth-Century Spiritual Reform: Varieties of Nation Building in Grundtvig and Emerson 284
Troels Nørager
15 Community and Individuality: Grundtvigian and Kierkegaardian Protestantism in Denmark 300
Matias Møl Dalsgaard
Part Five: Transmission
16 Grundtvig’s Idea of a People’s High School and Its Historical Influence 315
Ove Korsgaard
17 Grundtvigianism as Practice and Experience 331
Andrew Buckser
18 The Popular Voicing of Sport: Comparative Aspects of Grundtvigian Movement Culture 346
Henning Eichberg
19 Windmills, Butter, and Bacon: The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge among Grundtvigians in the Decades around 1900 362
Hans Henrik Hjermitslev
20 An Ongoing Influence: The Political Application of Grundtvig’s Ideas in the Debate on Danish Society, 2001-09 381
Esben Lunde Larsen
21 The Economic Consequences of the Size of Nations: Denmark in Comparative Perspective 396
John L. Campbell and John A. Hall
Conclusion 412
Ove K. Pedersen
Contributors 427
Index 431
Introduction 3
John A. Hall and Ove Korsgaard
Part One: Theoretical Groundwork
1 Nation Building and State Building 29
Francis Fukuyama
2 Icons of Nationalism 51
Anthony D. Smith
3 Between Tradition and Modernity: Grundtvig and Cultural Nationalism 79
Michael Böss
Part Two: Enabling Conditions
4 Religious Revivalism in Sweden and Denmark 95
Hanne Sanders
5 The Nation as Event: The Dissolution of the Oldenburg Monarchy and Grundtvig’s Nationalism 110
Uffe Østergård
6 Why Denmark Did Not Become Switzerland 134
Jason O. Jensen and John A. Hall
Part Three: Grundtvig and the People
7 “Hand of King and Voice of People”: Grundtvig on Democracy and the Responsibility of the Self 151
Tine Damsholt
8 On the Church, the State, and the School: Grundtvig as Enlightenment Philosopher and Social Thinker 169
Uffe Jonas
9 How Grundtvig Became a Nation Builder 192
Ove Korsgaard
Part Four: Comparison
10 Fichte and Grundtvig as Educators of the People 213
Per Øhrgaard
11 Come Together: Thoughts and Theories on Social Cohesion in the Work of Nikolai Grundtvig and Émile Durkheim 232
Katrine Baunvig
12 “The Gordian Knot”: Grundtvig and British Liberalism 254
Ole Vind
13 Grundtvig and the Slavic Awakening in East Central Europe: (Con)textual Parallels, Mutual Perceptions 267
Peter Bugge
14 Crisis of Religion and Nineteenth-Century Spiritual Reform: Varieties of Nation Building in Grundtvig and Emerson 284
Troels Nørager
15 Community and Individuality: Grundtvigian and Kierkegaardian Protestantism in Denmark 300
Matias Møl Dalsgaard
Part Five: Transmission
16 Grundtvig’s Idea of a People’s High School and Its Historical Influence 315
Ove Korsgaard
17 Grundtvigianism as Practice and Experience 331
Andrew Buckser
18 The Popular Voicing of Sport: Comparative Aspects of Grundtvigian Movement Culture 346
Henning Eichberg
19 Windmills, Butter, and Bacon: The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge among Grundtvigians in the Decades around 1900 362
Hans Henrik Hjermitslev
20 An Ongoing Influence: The Political Application of Grundtvig’s Ideas in the Debate on Danish Society, 2001-09 381
Esben Lunde Larsen
21 The Economic Consequences of the Size of Nations: Denmark in Comparative Perspective 396
John L. Campbell and John A. Hall
Conclusion 412
Ove K. Pedersen
Contributors 427
Index 431
