What was volksgeist?
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Volksgeist or Nationalgeist refers to a "spirit" of an individual people (Volk), its "national spirit" or "national character". The term Nationalgeist is used in the 1760s by Justus Möser and by Johann Gottfried Herder. ... In Germany the concept of Volksgeist has developed and changed its meaning through eras and fields.
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Volksgeist or Nationalgeist refers to a "spirit" of an individual people (Volk), its "national spirit" or "national character". The term Nationalgeist is used in the 1760s by Justus Möser and by Johann Gottfried Herder. ... In Germany the concept of Volksgeist has developed and changed its meaning through eras and fields.
Something to remember:
The Volksgeist theory was coined by Von Savigny (1778-1861) which the nature of any particular system if law was a reflection of the spirit of the people who evolved it. ... The broad principles of the system are to be found in the spirit of the people and they must manifest themselves in customary rules