The Common Good: N.F.S. Grundtvig as Politician and Contemporary Historian (N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8771848312 ISBN 13: 9788771848311

Publisher: Aarhus University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Of the five books in the series ‘N.F.S. Grundtvig. Works in English’, this fourth volume on Grundtvig as a politician and contemporary historian is perhaps the most surprising. Grundtvig is best known globally as the founding father of the ‘People’s High School’, with his emphasis on lifelong learning and the living word in interactive conversation. In Denmark his next greatest achievement is his hymn-writing and song-writing. Few think of Grundtvig as a politician. In public discourse he is linked to Nordic mythology and church matters, rather than to parliamentary democracy or contemporary history. However, Grundtvig was a historian and a politician. His historical interests were the driving force of his entry into public politics, as is demonstrated by the texts in this volume. The present volume also presents his opposition to slavery and his support for women’s amancipation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8771848312
• ISBN 13: 9788771848311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Broadbridge Edward, Korsgaard Ove