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C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00A-Title.indd, 12/22/2014 10:17 AM i Building the Nation C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00A-Title.indd, 12/22/2014 10:17 AM ii Portrait of N.F.S. Grundtvig, 1872, by Christian Adolph Barfod Lønborg. The Royal Library, Copenhagen. C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00A-Title.indd, 12/22/2014 10:17 AM iii Building the Nation N.F.S. Grundtvig and Danish National Identity Edited by John A. Hall, Ove Korsgaard, and Ove K. Pedersen McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • Ithaca C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00A-Title.indd, 12/22/2014 10:17 AM iv © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2015 ISBN 978-0-7735-4405-5 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-7735-4406-2 (paper) ISBN 978-0-7735-9631-3 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-7735-9632-0 (ePUB) Legal deposit first quarter 2015 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom, Eire, and Europe in paperback by Djøf Publishing, Copenhagen. Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post- consumer recycled), processed chlorine free Publication of this book has been supported by funding received from the Grundtvig Study Center. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Building the nation : N.F.S. Grundtvig and Danish national identity / edited by John A. Hall, Ove Korsgaard, and Ove K. Pedersen. Co-published by: DJØF Publishing Copenhagen. Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-7735-4405-5 (bound). – ISBN 978-0-7735-4406-2 (pbk.). – ISBN 978-0-7735-9631-3 (ePDF). – ISBN 978-0-7735-9632-0 (ePUB) 1. Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783–1872 – Political and social views. 2. Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783–1872 – Influence. 3. Denmark – Intellectual life – 19th century. 4. Denmark – Social conditions – 19th century. 5. Denmark – History – 19th century. 6. Philosophers – Denmark – Biography. 7. Authors, Danish – 19th century – Biography. 8. Lutheran Church – Denmark – Clergy – Biography. I. Hall, John A., 1949–, editor II. Korsgaard, Ove, 1942–, editor III. Pedersen, Ove Kaj, 1948–, editor DL249.G78B83 2014 948.9'04092 C2014-906834-4 C2014-906835-2 Typeset by Jay Tee Graphics Ltd. in 10.5/13 Sabon C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00B-Con&Ack.indd, 12/17/2014 4:56 PM v Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 John A. Hall and Ove Korsgaard Part One Theoretical Groundwork 1 Nation Building and State Building 29 Francis Fukuyama 2 Icons of Nationalism 51 Anthony D. Smith 3 Between Tradition and Modernity: Grundtvig and Cultural Nationalism 79 Michael Böss Part Two Enabling Conditions 4 Religious Revivalism in Sweden and Denmark 95 Hanne Sanders 5 The Nation as Event: The Dissolution of the Oldenburg Monarchy and Grundtvig’s Nationalism 110 Uffe Østergård 6 Why Denmark Did Not Become Switzerland 134 Jason O. Jensen and John A. Hall C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00B-Con&Ack.indd, 12/17/2014 4:56 PM vi vi Contents Part three Grundtvig and the People 7 “Hand of King and Voice of People”: Grundtvig on Democracy and the Responsibility of the Self 151 Tine Damsholt 8 On the Church, the State, and the School: Grundtvig as Enlightenment Philosopher and Social Thinker 169 Uffe Jonas 9 How Grundtvig Became a Nation Builder 192 Ove Korsgaard Part four Comparison 10 Fichte and Grundtvig as Educators of the People 213 Per Øhrgaard 11 Come Together: Thoughts and Theories on Social Cohesion in the Work of Nikolai Grundtvig and Émile Durkheim 232 Katrine Baunvig 12 “The Gordian Knot”: Grundtvig and British Liberalism 254 Ole Vind 13 Grundtvig and the Slavic Awakening in East Central Europe: (Con)textual Parallels, Mutual Perceptions 267 Peter Bugge 14 Crisis of Religion and Nineteenth-Century Spiritual Reform: Varieties of Nation Building in Grundtvig and Emerson 284 Troels Nørager 15 Community and Individuality: Grundtvigian and Kierkegaardian Protestantism in Denmark 300 Matias Møl Dalsgaard Part five Transmission 16 Grundtvig’s Idea of a People’s High School and Its Historical Influence 315 Ove Korsgaard 17 Grundtvigianism as Practice and Experience 331 Andrew Buckser C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00B-Con&Ack.indd, 12/17/2014 4:56 PM vii Contents vii 18 The Popular Voicing of Sport: Comparative Aspects of Grundtvigian Movement Culture 346 Henning Eichberg 19 Windmills, Butter, and Bacon: The Circulation of Scientific Knowledge among Grundtvigians in the Decades around 1900 362 Hans Henrik Hjermitslev 20 An Ongoing Influence: The Political Application of Grundtvig’s Ideas in the Debate on Danish Society, 2001–09 381 Esben Lunde Larsen 21 The Economic Consequences of the Size of Nations: Denmark in Comparative Perspective 396 John L. Campbell and John A. Hall Conclusion 412 Ove K. Pedersen Contributors 427 Index 431 C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00B-Con&Ack.indd, 12/17/2014 4:56 PM viii This page intentionally left blank C:\Users\Public\MQUP\Hall\Hall-Ch00B-Con&Ack.indd, 12/17/2014 4:56 PM ix Acknowledgments Finding the scholars able to deal with this aspect of Grundtvig’s poly- mathic oeuvre has been a very pleasurable experience for the editors, and they wish to thank all the contributors. We have met on several occasions, most recently at the Centre for European Studies; we are indebted to its staff and above all to its director, Professor Grzegorz Ekiert, for warmth and efficiency. We benefited early on from the advice of scholars who do not appear in this volume, with particular contribu- tions coming from Grzegorz Ekiert, Sinisa Malesevic, Brendan O’ Leary, Juliane Englehardt, and Jes Fabricius MØller. But beyond these particular acknowledgments lie three foundations. First, we have benefited from the help of Edward Broadbridge, the great translator of Grundtvig into English and the translator of several of the papers in this volume. Second, we thank the Grundtvig Centre for funding and for endless enthusiasm, brilliantly organized by Michael Schelde, the leader of the centre. Third, three superb research students – Kalyani Thurairajah, Jason Jensen, and Sara Hall – helped enormously, checking facts and references, organizing conferences, and standardizing texts. Life would have been impossible for one of the editors without their help, and the thanks due are very great. Finally, it has been a great pleasure to work with Wilfried Roloff at Danmarks Jurist- og Økonomforbund Publish- ing in Copenhagen. Very special thanks go to Kyla Madden, our incisive and charming editor at McGill-Queen’s University Press. We also thank Joanne Richardson for her superb copyediting skills.