The Addresses to the German Nation (German: Reden an die deutsche Nation, 1806) is a political literature book by German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that advocates German nationalism in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire following the Battle of Jena.[1][2] Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed the identity of a nation (people).[1][3] According to Bertrand Russell in his History of Western Philosophy, Fichte's work laid the theoretical foundations of German nationalism.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Jusdanis 2001, pp. 82–83.
- ^ James 2011, pp. 162.
- ^ "The Oklahoman Empire". 17 April 2020.
- ^ Russell, Bertrand (1945). The History of Western Philosophy. Simon and Schuster. p. 718. ISBN 9780671201586.
Bibliography
edit- James, David (2011). Fichte's Social and Political Philosophy: Property and Virtue. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-00155-8.
- Jusdanis, Gregory (2001). The Necessary Nation. Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08902-7.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Moore (ed.), Fichte: Addresses to the German Nation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
External links
edit- The full text of Addresses to the German Nation at Wikisource
- Reden an die deutsche Nation at gutenberg.de
- Reden an die deutsche Nation at epoche-napoleon.net