The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands
<p>This essay presents a series of reflections on the relevance of Dutch history. Taking different angles of approach, it examines in particular the historical image and self-image of the Dutch and the nation’s cultural identity; the role played by the heritage issue in the rise of the new pol...
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| description | <p>This essay presents a series of reflections on the relevance of Dutch history. Taking different angles of approach, it examines in particular the historical image and self-image of the Dutch and the nation’s cultural identity; the role played by the heritage issue in the rise of the new political nationalism; the fascination of foreign historians for Dutch history and their influence on Dutch historiography itself; the role of language in history-writing and the question of whether ‘relevance’ is a meaningful category at all for historians.</p><p> </p><p>To conclude, four great themes of Dutch history are identified as of supranational relevance: water management; economy and society, in particular capitalism and colonialism; culture and intellectual life, tolerance and secularity, in particular – but not only – in the early modern era; and the national ambition to show the world an exemplary route to modernity.</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the special issue '<a href="/422/volume/125/issue/2-3/">The International Relevance of Dutch History</a>'.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7987bfe58d924d03bca292b96d082a2a2022-12-22T04:15:05Zengopenjournals.nlBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review0165-05052211-28982010-01-011252-374410.18352/bmgn-lchr.71147082The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the NetherlandsWillem Frijhoff<p>This essay presents a series of reflections on the relevance of Dutch history. Taking different angles of approach, it examines in particular the historical image and self-image of the Dutch and the nation’s cultural identity; the role played by the heritage issue in the rise of the new political nationalism; the fascination of foreign historians for Dutch history and their influence on Dutch historiography itself; the role of language in history-writing and the question of whether ‘relevance’ is a meaningful category at all for historians.</p><p> </p><p>To conclude, four great themes of Dutch history are identified as of supranational relevance: water management; economy and society, in particular capitalism and colonialism; culture and intellectual life, tolerance and secularity, in particular – but not only – in the early modern era; and the national ambition to show the world an exemplary route to modernity.</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the special issue '<a href="/422/volume/125/issue/2-3/">The International Relevance of Dutch History</a>'.</p>https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/7114IdentityCultural history |
| spellingShingle | Willem Frijhoff The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review Identity Cultural history |
| title | The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands |
| title_full | The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands |
| title_fullStr | The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands |
| title_short | The Relevance of Dutch History, or: Much in Little? Reflections on the Practive of History in the Netherlands |
| title_sort | relevance of dutch history or much in little reflections on the practive of history in the netherlands |
| topic | Identity Cultural history |
| url | https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/7114 |
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