Chosen Peoples, Holy Tongues
Religion, Language, Nationalism and Politics in Bohemia and Moravia in the Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5010295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M J Wein, Martin Wein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 202 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-81 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Past & Present (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pastj/gtn023 |
| OpenAlex | W2057606351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In recent years, there has been a certain resurgence of scholarly investigations into links between religion and nationalism. There appears to be an emerging consensus among theorists that nationalism is an inherently modern phenomenon, but that it is also rooted in the early modern religious discourse, specifically through the formation of ‘national churches’. However, how exactly were religion and nationalism linked? Josep R. Llobera suggested somewhat vaguely that ‘religion was metamorphosed into nationalism’.1 Liah Greenfeld observed that the ‘varied and complex history of the relationship between nationalism and religion cannot be narrowed down to a linear sequence’.2 Anthony D. Smith stressed the longue durée of these processes and maintained: ‘The length of time spans involved, and the paucity and gaps in our historical records, make it almost impossible to establish anything like a causal-historical sequence that could demonstrate how certain “religious” beliefs, rituals, and motifs were transformed into particular “national” ideologies and identities’.3 Part of the difficulties in identifying the ‘missing links’ between religion and nationalism may be due to a widespread neglect of the history of language. However, when we introduce the element of language (and linguistic methodology) we can trace concrete ties between early modern and modern collective identities.
Art · Epistemology · History of religions · Ideology · Literature · Nationalism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |