German Nationalism And Religious Conflict: Culture, Ideology, Politics, 1870-1914 (Princeton Legacy Library, 286)

The author places religious conflict within the wider context of nation-building and nationalism. The ongoing conflict, conditioned by a long history of mutual intolerance, was an integral part of the jagged and complex process by which Germany became a modern, secular, increasingly integrated nation. Consequently, religious conflict also influenced the construction of German national identity and the expression of German nationalism. Smith contends that in this religiously divided society, German nationalism did not simply smooth over tensions between two religious groups, but rather provided them with a new vocabulary for articulating their differences. Nationalism, therefore, served as much to divide as to unite German society.

• | Author: Helmut Walser Smith
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 14, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0691604452
• | ISBN-13: 9780691604459