Historians of ideas, and students of nationalism in particular, have traced the origins of much of our current
vocabulary and ways of thinking about the nation back to Johann Gottfried Herder. This volume provides a clear,
readable, and reliable translation of Auch eine Philosophie der Geschichte zur Bildung der Menschheit, supplemented
by some of Herder�s other important writings on politics and history. The editors� insightful Introduction traces
the role of Herder�s thought in the evolution of nationalism and highlights its influence on fields such as history,
anthropology, and politics. The volume is designed to give English-speaking readers more ready access to the thinker
whom Isaiah Berlin called "the father of the related notions of nationalism, historicism, and Volksgeist."
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chronology.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Note on Texts and Translation.
WORKS:
Another Philosophy of History for the Education of Mankind
Of the Changes in the Tastes of the Nations through the Ages
Do We Still Have a Fatherland?
Do We Still Have the Fatherland of the Ancients?
On the Characters of Nations and Ages
Governments as Inherited Regimes
The Influence of Free Legislation on the Sciences and Arts
Biographical Register.
Index (with corresponding German terms).
