The Addresses to the German Nation (, 1808) is a political literature book by German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that advocates German nationalism in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire following the Battle of Jena. Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed the identity of a nation (people). According to Bertrand Russell in his History of Western Philosophy, Fichte's work laid the theoretical foundations of German nationalism
He dedicated the book to the spanish people — which to him became a great example of a nation — in their resistance against the french invaders during the early spring of 1808.
See also German nationalism Nationalism Napoleonic Wars Unification of Germany What Is a Nation?
References
Bibliography
Further reading Gregory Moore (ed.), Fichte: Addresses to the German Nation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
External links
Reden an die deutsche Nation at gutenberg.de Reden an die deutsche Nation at epoche-napoleon.net __NOTOC__