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Hgrove | 14:11 Tue 23rd Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does it mean in the sentence "Citizenship of the Union was introduced to attempt to provide much needed legitimacy to a polity (the Peoples of Europe) without a Volksgeist.", please?
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Could be translated as "national character" - in this sentence the Citizenship of the Union is seen as an attempt to create a united European identity among the disparate (i.e each nation has its own "Volksgeist"!)peoples of Europe.
14:23 Tue 23rd Nov 2004
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yes, that makes sense, thank you.
15:13 Tue 23rd Nov 2004
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Volk = People (as in "a people", like "a nation or "a race", rather than as a collection of individuals)

 

Geist = ghost, spirit (as in feeling, emotion, collective identity)

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