Rola wojennych idei roku 1914 w rozwoju niemieckiego nacjonalizmu
The Role of the Warfare Ideas of 1914 in the Development of German Nationalism

Summary/Abstract: In the period directly preceding the outbreak of the so-called Great War, i.e. World War I (summer of 1914), and during its earliest stages, pro-war, patriotic-nationalistic (and not without imperialist connotations) and military ideas started taking shape in Germany, gradually gaining popularity in many political circles. These conceptions embraced the cult of manhood, heroism and sacrifice for the motherland, the so-called socialism of trenches, specific aesthetic and cultural values. These amalgamation of ideas was subjected to the concept of national community (deutsche Volksgemeinschaft) which was central for German nationalist circles. Its goals and purposes were supposed to set the direction of this doctrine’s development. After the First World War, the ideas of 1914 were continued and enriched in Germany, despite this country’s absolute military defeat in the Great War, by the representatives of revolutionary conservatism. This article discusses their conceptions in this field.

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