| Title | : | The Cult of the Nation in France |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | David A. Bell |
| Release | : | 2009-07-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | European History, Books, History |
| Size | : | 5465662 |
| Using eighteenth-century France as a case study, David Bell offers an important new argument about the origins of nationalism. Before the eighteenth century, the very idea of nation-building—a central component of nationalism—did not exist. During this period, leading French intellectual and political figures came to see perfect national unity as a critical priority, and so sought ways to endow all French people with the same language, laws, customs, and values. The period thus gave rise to the first large-scale nationalist program in history. |
