WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

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About which person are we talking?A)He claimed that true german culture was to be discovered among the common people.b)it is through folk songs and the true spirit of the nation(volksgeist) was popularised.c)so collecting folk songs was essential to nation building
A
Karol Kurpinski
B
Adolf Hitler
C
Johann Gottfried Herder
D
Otto von bismarck
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Other Romantics such as the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people – das volk. It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularised.

Detailed explanation-2: -German thinker Johann Gottfried Herder guaranteed that genuine German culture was to be found among the ordinary citizens das volk.

Detailed explanation-3: -German culture originated with the Germanic tribes, the earliest evidence of Germanic culture dates to the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany and Denmark.

Detailed explanation-4: -German culture was discovered through folk songs, culture, poetry, common people, and vernacular languages. Hence, all the above statements are correct. Explanation: The German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder claimed that true German culture was to be discovered through common people-Das volk.

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