Herder's conception of "das Volk"

Before going directly to the main discussion of our theme, a background is sought in a brief semasiological study of the word _Volk_. The word is widespread in the Germanic lang...

_Volk_ is that part of a nation which is the governed class as distinct from those who are above them in authority and who stand as the ruling class; i.e., the governed as separ...

That Herder’s conception of that group of people which he calls _Volk_ bears relationship to a certain genre of poetry is implied in the fact that he first coined the word _Volk...

Herder has discussed, in connection with two groups of poetry which he distinctly calls _Volkspoesie_, each race from which the particular collection arose. Both directly and in...

Herder as philosopher was concerned more with practical and concrete applications of his principles than with dogmas and abstract theories. The following brief investigation of...

Herder, by numerous references and discussions, in which he is definite and explicit as to name and theories, shows a thorough acquaintance with the various schools of philosoph...

Both the word _Volk_ and the various ideas for which it stands are old and are to be found among many peoples. The parent tongue, the Indo-European, seems to have had a form whi...