Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen

Oergel, Maike

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to investigate the concepts of cultural identity and national sovereignty as they emerge in radical German nationalism after 1806 in relation to French Revolutionary ideas and seek to reconstruct a radical revolutionary, i.e. a ‘French Revolution’, context for the idea of German national unity. Such a ‘French Revolution’ context differs from attempts to create national unity ‘from above’, it also questions the view that the ‘Teutomania’ emerging in the context of the Wars of Liberation can only be interpreted as the precursor to chauvinist German nationalism of later periods.

Citation

Oergel, M. (2018). Constitutionalism and cultural identity as revolutionary concepts in German political radicalism 1806-1819: the case of the Burschenschaftler Karl Follen. Comparative Critical Studies, 15(2), 183-205. https://doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2018.0288

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 12, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Journal: Comparative Critical Studies
• Print ISSN: 1744-1854
• Electronic ISSN: 1750-0109
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 183-205
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2018.0288
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/919554
• Publisher URL: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2018.0288
• Additional Information: This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Comparative Critical Studies. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2018.0288
• Contract Date: May 30, 2018