Nationalism And The Unification Of Modern Germany

During many nations in the world, the Germany nation is unique and peculiar. From the nation was founded in the tenth century AD. to 1871, Germany had never really united. After a long time of scattered, split, modern Germany finally finished the first unity in its true sense under the rule of Bismarck. Nationalism played a key role in the unity of modem Germany. This paper elaborated nationalism and modern German reunification from the following three aspects:cultural nationalism,economic nationalism and political nationalism, afar back as late in the east frankish kingdom, early germination of Germany nationalism awareness arised. Modern nationalism came into being in the enlightenment. Germany cultural nationalism formed and developed in the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Cultural nationalism laid the ideological and cultural foundation during the unity of modern Germany. Friedrich·list is German and also the world's famous economy nationalism master, under his direction, the modern Germany economy began to integration. The German economic integration promoted by Economic nationalism provided the material basis for the unity of modern Germany. During the Napoleonic wars, Germany steered to political nationalism. Political nationalism laid a political basis for the unity of modern Germany. Under the action of the cultural nationalism, economic nationalism and political nationalism, deutsche finally finished the unity in modern history.