The Rise Of Nationalism in Europe

absolutist

utopian

Plebiscite

la patrie

A direct vote by which all the people of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal

A vision of a society that is so ideal that it is unlikely to actually exist

form of monarchical government that was centralized, militarized and repressive

Rousseau

Ernst Renan

montesquieu

Napoleon

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nation.

It is the culmination of a long past of

endeavours, sacrifice and devotion. A heroic past,

great men, glory, that is the social capital upon

which one bases a national idea.

It is the the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

It is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.