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What are the important contributions of johann gottfried bon herder

Answer 1

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Between 1764 and 1769 Herder lived in Riga, where he worked as a teacher and minister and wrote a number of reviews and essays. His first important works—Fragments concerning Recent German Literature (1767) and Critical Forests (1769)—display an early tendency to treat problems of esthetics and language historically.

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Answer 2

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• He was a German philosopher (1744-1803) claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people-das volk.

• It was through folk songs,folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of nation (volksgeist) was popularised.

• The emphasis on vernacular language and the collection of local folklore was not just to recover an ancient national spirit,but also to carry the modern nationalist message to large audiences who were mostly illiterate.

• This was especially so in the case of Poland, which had been partitioned at the end of the 18th century by the Great Powers - Russia, Prussia and Austria.

• Even though Poland no longer existed as an independent territory, national feelings were kept alive through music and language.

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