sedighe mirzaie; ali moradkhani
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Winter and Spring 2019, , Pages 111-132
Abstract
One of the main issues in Herder's thinking is nationalism. It puts nationalism in conflict with attitude of Cosmopolitanism of Enlightenment; according to that, all human beings, under the rule of reason, must regulate their various aspects in a certain way. In contrast to this view of Enlightenment, ...
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One of the main issues in Herder's thinking is nationalism. It puts nationalism in conflict with attitude of Cosmopolitanism of Enlightenment; according to that, all human beings, under the rule of reason, must regulate their various aspects in a certain way. In contrast to this view of Enlightenment, nationalism was supported by thinkers who were dominant in the movement of Romanticism. Nationalism sought to revive and recognize the social units that, over centuries, under the rule of a single unit, were deprived of their sovereignty. But, although Herder's thinking is not in conflict with the political aspect of nationalism, his conception of nationalism can be considered a largely cultural nationalism, rather than a political one. This article intends to articulate this idea.
