Titlebook: Nationalism in Belgium; Shifting Identities, Kas Deprez,Louis Vos Book 1998 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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National Imagery in 19th Century Flemish Literature This evolution was inspired by the then prevalent Romantic ideas about national culture and the Volksgeist [Genius of the People] which were combined with the new ideas in the natural sciences to yield a specifically Flemish national esthetics. Religion too played an important albeit controversial

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The Symbolic Deficit. French Literature in Belgium and 19th Century National Sentimentliterature managed to affirm itself rather quickly, Francophone writers experienced more difficulties to respond to the Romantic Movement’s demand for a national literature which reflected the Volksgeist. It was necessary to create — in French — a literature which would be distinct from the literatu

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The Flemish National Questiontionalists explicitly aimed at the development and full emancipation of the Flemish vernacular. They were responsible for starting the Flemish Movement which, initially, was a mere by-product of Belgian nationalism. Gradually, however, the Flemish Movement gained importance in its own right. About 1

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The Language of the Flemingsuage: it could have been but it was not. After the independence of Belgium, some Flemings advocated the creation of a Flemish standard language. But the need for linguistic unity with The Netherlands proved to be stronger. Today, Flanders’ official language is Dutch. A decree to that effect was issu

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The Catholic Church and the Flemish Movementc religion were an important nation-building force in Flanders. On the other hand, there were such violent clashes between Flemish activists and Belgian Bishops that anticlericalism became a core element in the Flemish-nationalist ideology. There were three important areas of conflict: the Catholic

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Growth of the Walloon Movement of the Walloon Movement. Later on, cultural and especially economic issues became more important. Being a minor enterprise at first, the Walloon Movement nevertheless became intricately linked up with the strategies and programmes of the political parties. Also, a typical feature of the Walloon Mov

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Four Definitions of Culture in Francophone Belgiumc premiss underlying the second definition of Francophone culture, the so-called lundisme, was that there is no difference between the French literature of Francophone Belgium and the literature of France. The particular attitude known as belgitude — the third approach — was somewhat akin to the Fra

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Unequal Economic Development at the Origin of the Federalization Processo explain the federalization process. A closer look at the economic development of Flanders and Wallonia, in its relation to the geography of demographic changes, yields a more complex process consisting of three stages. Nevertheless, this very process created different political hegemonies north an

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Belgium’s Peculiar Way to Federalismloons had grown into a major political problem, with nationalistic parties breaking through at the ballots and with a growing number of nationalistic demonstrations. Soon the political elite of the country agreed that the 140-year-old centralized and unitarian structure of the country had become obs