Cosmopolitanism and the national state

With this translation, one of the classics of German historical literature becomes available in English. In Weltburgertum und Nationalstaat the eminent historian Friedrich Meinecke attempted to trace the transition in Germany from eighteenth-century cosmopolitanism to nineteenth-century nationalism, and to clarify the genetic history of the German nation through an analysis of the relationship between Prussia and Germany. The insights and arguments that Meinecke developed in this work have influenced two generations of historians, as has his superb methodology, which integrated the two areas of ideas and politics with rare effectiveness. Originally published in 1970.

Translation of Weltbürgertum und Nationalstaat.

Book I: Nation, State, and Cosmopolitanism in the Development of the German Idea of the National State -- General Remarks on the Nation, the National State, and Cosmopolitanism -- The Nation and the National State after the Seven Years' War -- Wilhelm von Humboldt in the Last Decade of the Eighteenth Century -- Novalis and the Friedrich Schlegel in the Years of Early Romanticism -- Friedrich Schlegel in the Transition to Political Romanticism -- Fichte and the Idea of the German National State in the Years 1806-1813 -- Adam Muller in the Years 1808-1813 -- Stein, Gneisenau, and Wilhelm von Humboldt in the Years 1812-1815 -- Transition to the Restoration Period: A Glace at Public Opinion -- Haller and the Circle of Friedrich Wilhelm IV -- Hegel -- Ranke and Bismarck -- Book II: The Prussian National State and the German National State -- Beginnings of the Prusso-German Problem: From Moser to Friedrich von Gagern -- The Prusso-German Problem from March to September 1848 -- Heinrich von Gagern's Attempt to Win Prussia -- The Promulgation of the Prussian Constitution of December 5, 1848 -- The Period from the Promulgation of the Constitution to the Election of the Kaiser -- From Heinr…