Greenfeld, Liah. 　著

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Part 1 God's firstborn - England: reflection of the nationalconsciousness in discourse and sentiment; the new aristocracy, the newmonarchy, and the protestant reformation; the English Bible, the bloodyregiment of Queen Mary, and the burning matter of dignity; England asGod's peculiar people, and the token of his love; the sound of theirvoices; the changing position of the crown and religion in the nationalconsciousness; a land of experimental knowledge. Part 2 The threeidentities of France: the development of pre-National French identity;France - a church, and the faith of the "Fleur de Lys"; heresy and itschild; the king and his state; the social bases of the nationalizationof French identity and the character of the nascent nationalconsciousness; turns of the social wheel - the plight of the Frencharistocracy; the perilous escape - redefinition and reorganization ofthe "Noblesse"; the birth of the French nation; nation, the supremebeing; competition with England and "Ressentiment"; a note on non-elitenationalism. Part 3 The scythian Rome/Russia: "Perestroika" in theeighteenth century; the cisis of the nobility; the west and"ressentiment"; the laying of the foundations; transvaluation of values- the crystallization of the matrix of Russian nationalism; thetwo-headed eagle. Part 4 The final solution of infinite longing -Germany: the setting; the conception and miscarriage of nationalism inthe 16th century; the early evolution of the concept of the state; theinsouciance of German nobility prior to the 19th century;"Bildungsburgertum" - the dangerous class; the birth of the spirit -the preparation of the mould for the German national consciousness;"Aufklarung"; pietism; romanticism; the materialization of the spirit;the impact of the French Revolution; the birth of German nationalism;the finishing touch - "Ressentiment"; the twin blossoms of the blueflower. Part 5 In pursuit of the ideal nation - the unfolding ofnationality in America: America as a New England; the separation; aunion begun by necessity; the tug-of-war - the persisting threat ofsecession and the development of national unity; inconsistencies andtensions; the trial and completion of American nationality.