Koselleck nemzetfogalma a nacionalizmuselméletek fényében. Néhány megjegyzés a Nép, nemzet, nacionalizmus, tömeg című szócikkhez
Koselleck’s concept of nation in the light of the theories of nationalism. Reflections on the article “Folk, Nation, Nationalismus, Masse”

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to make some reflections concerning the connection between a segment of the German Begriffsgeschichte and the so-called “nationalism theories”. The article “Folk, Nation, Nationalismus, Masse”, which is one of the Geschichtliche Grundbegriff e’ longest articles, makes some fundamental statements about the national phenomenon and it seems to be interesting to look at the historiographic background of these statements by examining the impressive historiographic references used by the authors. In doing so, we can see that Koselleck and his co-authors make their conclusions without or rarely citing the the anglo-saxon works that are traditionally considered as the most relevant results of the theories of nationalism (especially the modernist and the ethnosymbolist perspectives). The fact that the authors of the article barely cite the anglo-saxon literature is even more interesting due to the considerable similarities and overlappings. These similarities involve for instance the genesis of nationalism and the concept of nation, the typology of these concepts, or the problem of the creation and transfers of the notions in question. Despite the fact that the method of Begriffsgeschichte is becoming a more and more important approach in the empirical researches concerning the national phenomenon, a lot of theoretical questions arise. This study tries to highlight the possible perspectives of such theoretical researches.

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