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Anyone who wants a quick overview of Danish history throughout the last 500 years will profit from this book.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49582367310097,"sku":"GOR013569522","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8776842533.jpg?v=1751000741"},{"product_id":"peoplehood-in-the-nordic-world-book-ove-korsgaard-9788772197258","title":"Peoplehood in the Nordic World","description":"What do we mean when we say \"the people\"? In a Nordic context, the word \"people\" was historically associated not with members of a sovereign nation but of a household, church, or state. The term remains a battlefield of mixed or even opposing interests and has developed at least three different meanings: a political unit, a cultural entity, and a social multitude.      Modern historian Ove Korsgaard focuses on the crucial struggles over who has (or has not) belonged to the people over the past 175 years, and elucidates their implications for state and nation building in Denmark and other Nordic countries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49741473022225,"sku":"NGR9788772197258","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8772197250.jpg?v=1757415208"},{"product_id":"peoplehood-in-the-nordic-world-book-ove-korsgaard-9780299339043","title":"Peoplehood in the Nordic World","description":"What do we mean when we say “the people”? The concept did not carry the contemporary meaning of a group of individuals with governing influence and political will until after the invention of democracy and the nation-state. Previously, in the Nordic context, the word people (folk) was associated not with a sovereign nation but rather with home and family. Subjects were only understood in relation to the heads of household (elders and patriarchs), state (kings and lords), and the Christian church.     The term remains a battlefield of mixed or even opposing interests and has developed at least three different meanings: a political unit (demos), a cultural entity (ethnos), and a social multitude (plÉthos). As perceptions of political affinity and society change over time, “the people” will doubtless continue to adopt and adapt its meanings, with ramifications for both personal and group identity.     Modern historian Ove Korsgaard focuses on the crucial struggles over who has (or has not) belonged to the people in the past 175 years and looks at its implications for state- and nation-building in Denmark and other Nordic countries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49743487992081,"sku":"NGR9780299339043","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0299339041.jpg?v=1762597033"},{"product_id":"building-the-nation-book-ove-korsgaard-9780773544062","title":"Building the Nation","description":"Denmark became a nation amidst the turbulence of the nineteenth century, an era plagued by war, bankruptcy, and territorial loss. Building the Nation is an insightful study of this formation, emphasizing the crucial role of N.F.S. Grundtvig, the father of modern Denmark. Persevering through years of humiliation, internal conflict, and occupation, Denmark now boasts one of the world's most stable and democratic political systems, as well as one of its richest economies. From disaster to success, Building the Nation emphasizes the role of national icons and social movements in the formation of Denmark. The poet, political philosopher, clergyman, and founding father N.F.S. Grundtvig is compared to Rousseau and Durkheim in France, to Herder and Fichte in Germany, and to other great thinkers in the United States and Ireland. During his lifetime, the kingdom of Denmark transformed from monarchy to democracy and moved from agrarianism to a modern economy - evolutions to which Grundtvig himself contributed. He has become a fundamental and inescapable reference-point for discussions about nation, democracy, freedom, religion, and education in Denmark and abroad. Situating Grundtvig in both the history of Denmark and the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Europe, Building the Nation argues for the centrality of his influence in the making of modern Denmark, as well as the continuing influence of his work.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53503164743953,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53503164875025,"sku":"NIN9780773544062","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780773544062.jpg?v=1778044512"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-ove-korsgaard.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}