The Germans as a Chosen People: Old Testament Themes in German Nationalism by Hartmut Lehmann

In the article "German as a voter: the theme of the Old Testament of German nationalism", Heartmuth Lehman tried to prove how much German Protestant sects contributed to the rise of German nationalism. He focused on religion, theology, and various Protestant organizations' major events in Germany is directly influenced by God. This concept of sacred intervention by Protestant eventually changed to the concept of Germans with special relationships with God, and they were "chosen people". He believes that the theme of choice has four different stages in Germany.

German nationalism is a nationalist concept that Germans promote making the unity of Germans and Germans a national state, emphasizing the German national identity and being proud. The earliest origin of German nationalism began with the birth of romantic nationalism during the Napoleonic war when Pan - Germanism started to rise. In response to the invasion of French German territory under the control of Napoleon, the protection of the German nation state began to become an important political power.

German literature and German literature include written works by central European Germans. It shares the German politics of division and discontinuity and the fate of history. Germany did not become a modern nation state until 1871, and the history of the German nation was characterized by war, religious turmoil and economic depression. With this fragmented development, German literature was different from domestic literature in France and England, enjoying tremendous glory from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Nonetheless, German literature experienced three mature and wonderful eras: medieval high schools (about 1160 - c. 1230), the 18 th century to the 19 th century (the "Goethe era"), and the 19 th century to the 20 th century Turning point.

German nationalism did not originally develop among the general public, but developed among intellectual elites of German countries. Early German nationalist Friedrich Karl von Moser wrote that in the mid 18th century Germans were short of Germans, Swiss, Dutch and Swedish. "The national way of thinking" However, the cultural elite faces difficulties in defining the German country and often adopts a broad and ambiguous concept: the German is called "Sprachnation" (a person unified by the same language) , "Kulturnation" (thus unified person) culture or "Erinnerungsgemeinschaft" (commemorating the community and sharing history). Johan Gottlieb Fichte - believed to be the founder of German nationalism - has offered his fourth address to German country (1808) to define this German country. A wide range of ways to do this. In his opinion, there are diplomacy among Germanic people.