Finnish history has been the subject of numerous studies, but none of these have really considered the nationalist essence of the integral, underlying historical culture of the nation. Even quite obvious political interpretations and visions of an ancient Golden Age have all too easily been dismissed as the consequences of mere patriotism or Kalevala enthusiasm. This study presents the case for how the conceptions of a distant, glorious past have been advanced and actively developed within the national project of constructing a modern ethnicity of Finnishness. Accordingly, a conception of an...
Finnish history has been the subject of numerous studies, but none of these have really considered the nationalist essence of the integral, un...