1. The philologist king: Politics and knowledge in the nationalist era; 2. Folk hatred and folk tales: The nationalist politics of the children- and household tales; 3. The prince of Germany: Wilhelm Grimm and the philologist as redeemer; 4. Love of the fatherland and fatherly love: Jacob Grimm's political thought; 5. The mother tongue at school: Jacob Grimm and the institutions of nation building; 6. The names of the barbarians: The philologist, the tribe, and the empire.