Addresses to the German Nation
1808 work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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The Addresses to the German Nation (German: Reden an die deutsche Nation, 1808[1]) is a political literature book by German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that advocates German nationalism in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire following the Battle of Jena.[2][3][4] Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed the identity of a nation (people).[2][5] According to Bertrand Russell in his History of Western Philosophy, Fichte's work laid the theoretical foundations of German nationalism[6]
Title page for Reden an die deutsche Nation (1824) | |
| Original title | Reden an die deutsche Nation |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Publication date | 1808 |
| Text | Addresses to the German Nation at Internet Archive |
He dedicated the book to the spanish people — which to him became a great example of a nation — in their resistance against the french invaders during the early spring of 1808.
