Renan gave priority to this will for a common life over any ethnic definition and set the French idea of the nation in direct contrast to the almost racial notion of people (Volk) that dominates the German tradition.

Renan将这种共同生活的意愿置于一切族性定义之上，并将法国的民族理念与主导德国 传统的近乎种族主义的民族 (Volk) 概念进行直接的对比。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009