Charismatic nations : a cultural history of nationalism in Europe from 1800 to the present /
Leerssen, Joseph Th. 1955-
Charismatic nations : a cultural history of nationalism in Europe from 1800 to the present / Joep Leerssen. - 1 online resource (xviii, 444 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).
Open Access.
At the core of nationalism, the nation has always been defined and celebrated as a fundamentally cultural community. This pioneering cultural history shows how artists and intellectuals since the days of Napoleon have celebrated and taken inspiration from an idealized nationality, and how this in turn has informed and influenced social and political nationalism. The book brings together tell-tale examples from across the entire European continent, from Dublin and Barcelona to Istanbul and Helsinki, and from cultural fields that include literature, painting, music, sports, world fairs and cinema as well as intellectual history. Charismatic Nations offers unique insights into how the unobtrusive soft power of nationally-inspired culture interacts with nationalism as a hard-edged political agenda. It demonstrates how, thanks to its pervasive cultural and 'unpolitical' presence, nationalism can shape-shift between romantic insurgency and nativist populism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009667142 (ebook)
Nationalism--History--Europe
Nationalism--Social aspects--History--Europe
Nationalism and literature--History--Europe
Nationalism and the arts--History--Europe
Europe--Civilization--19th century
Europe--Civilization--20th century
Europe--Civilization--21st century
JC201 / .L44 2026
320.54094
Charismatic nations : a cultural history of nationalism in Europe from 1800 to the present / Joep Leerssen. - 1 online resource (xviii, 444 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).
Open Access.
At the core of nationalism, the nation has always been defined and celebrated as a fundamentally cultural community. This pioneering cultural history shows how artists and intellectuals since the days of Napoleon have celebrated and taken inspiration from an idealized nationality, and how this in turn has informed and influenced social and political nationalism. The book brings together tell-tale examples from across the entire European continent, from Dublin and Barcelona to Istanbul and Helsinki, and from cultural fields that include literature, painting, music, sports, world fairs and cinema as well as intellectual history. Charismatic Nations offers unique insights into how the unobtrusive soft power of nationally-inspired culture interacts with nationalism as a hard-edged political agenda. It demonstrates how, thanks to its pervasive cultural and 'unpolitical' presence, nationalism can shape-shift between romantic insurgency and nativist populism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009667142 (ebook)
Nationalism--History--Europe
Nationalism--Social aspects--History--Europe
Nationalism and literature--History--Europe
Nationalism and the arts--History--Europe
Europe--Civilization--19th century
Europe--Civilization--20th century
Europe--Civilization--21st century
JC201 / .L44 2026
320.54094