Romantic nationalism (also organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of ethnic nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy as a natural ("organic") consequence of race; in the spirit of Romanticism and opposed to Enlightenment rationalism?. Romantic nationalism relies upon the existence of a historical ethnic culture which meets the Romantic Ideal; folklore developed as a Romantic nationalist concept. The [Brothers Grimm]? were inspired by Herder's writings to create an idealized collection of tales which they labeled as ethnic German. See Populism and Nationalism. Mazzini (Italy), Michelet (France), Fichte (Germany).
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