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N.F.S. Grundtvig : as a political thinker /
N.F.S. Grundtvig remains the most cited person in political debates in Denmark for the last 150 years. Even though Grundtvig is not that well-known internationally as a political thinker (his educational writings have attracted far greater attention), he is rightly regarded as the single individual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Danés |
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Copenhagen, Denmark :
DJØF Publishing,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- N.F.S. Grundtvig; Contents; Editorial preface; Part I; CHAPTER 1 Grundtvig's influence and relevance; Grundtvig's life
- A brief biography; 'In all parliamentary matters I think of the English'; CHAPTER 2 From the age of the estates to the age of the people; The people versus democracy; 'From caste system to equality in all civil relations'; Grundtvig's contract theory; CHAPTER 3 Nation and people: An imagined community; 'Democracy' as a term of abuse; 'People' as a watchword; CHAPTER 4 Grundtvig's concept of freedom; Religious freedom, freedom of conscience; Civil freedom.
- Personal freedom, bodily freedomFreedom of competition; CHAPTER 5 From united monarchy to national state; German unification
- a threat; Elite democracy
- a threat; CHAPTER 6 Constitutionalism versus common law; CHAPTER 7 Grundtvig's importance as a political thinker; Should Loki have the same freedom as Thor?; Grundtvig's importance for political science; Grundtvig's importance for politicians; Grundtvig as a historical person and as a legend; PART II; CHAPTER 8 Nordic Mythology or Symbolic language developed and illuminated from a historical-poetic perspective (1832).
- Rhymed letter to our Nordic next-of-kinCHAPTER 9 Within Living Memory (1838); Lectures on the history of the last half-century 1788-1838; On Freedom, 2 July 1838; On Germany and the German Spirit, 26 October 1838; CHAPTER 10 Speech to the Schleswig Aid Society; 14 March 1848; CHAPTER 11 Parliamentary speeches; Speech to the Upper House (landstinget), 12 July 1866; 16 July 1866; Biography; Bibliography.