.@jonathanglick I think both countercultures drew heavily on Romanticism, and that accounts for much of the confusion and harm done!
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@jonathanglick Yes; and also enduring value. Romanticism (like anything significant) has good and bad aspects and effects.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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It is interesting to consider that in my country (Finland) particularly conservatives emphasize romanticism.
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The justification for the independence from Russia (in 1917) was based heavily on nationalistic romanticism.
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Thank you, that is interesting! I know about this a bit via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_Nationalism …
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In addition, before romanticism, literature in Finnish language didn't really exist at all.
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Romanticism revitalized literature in many languages—it sounds like Finnish is an extreme case!
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Before that my language was only spoken by weird semi-heathenistic commoners in the woods. Now we program computers. :D
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It basically went from hunting bears and chopping wood to Nokia and Angry Birds
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