N.F.S. Grundtvig

N.F.S Grundtvig is not known abroad as a political thinker; it is his educational writings that over the years have attracted international attention. However, he is beyond comparison the person who over the past 150 years has been and continues to be cited in political debates in Denmark.

His ideas and work is the main focus of this title. The author scrutinizes the life and thoughts of democracy, equality and the people of Grundtvig and thus how his notion of freedom is expressed.

Translated by Edward Broadbridge.

Contents

Editorial preface

PART IChapter 1. Grundtvig’s influence and relevanceChapter 2. From the age of the estates to the age of the peopleChapter 3. Nation and people: An imagined communityChapter 4. Grundtvig’s concept of freedomChapter 5. From united monarchy to national stateChapter 6. Constitutionalism versus common lawChapter 7. Grundtvig’s importance as a political thinker

PART IIChapter 8. Nordic Mythology or Symbolic language developed and illuminated from a historical-poetic perspective (1832)Chapter 9. Within Living Memory (1838). Lectures on the history of the last half-century 1788-1838Chapter 10. Speech to the Schleswig Aid SocietyChapter 11. Parliamentary speechesBiographyBibliography