HUMA 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Volksgeist, Louis Althusser, Feudalism
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Midterm exam: tuesday december 16th (9am 11am) tel 0014/0016: key enlightenment ideas, freedom, reason, equality, nature, universality person. Johann gottfried herder most famous for his ideas of nationalism, each people which lives in a particular place influenced by particular history, source of life, environment, they develop a kind of spirit (volksgeist) of a particular people: e. g. people of quebec, they believed they have a long history in canada, we are more socialist, we have our own songs, we have our own volksgeist (group spirit, next step of volksgeist is a separation for a nation state (they feel as if they are different from other groups, so they want to become separate, herder says why would you want to be universal, differences give a colour to society, national costumes, national dances, are a ways in which we showcase our volks spirit, herder"s anti enlightenment idea, there was a fullness of history and experience that was worth honouring and preserving.
