Volksgeist (folk or national spirit) is perhaps the best known of a family of terms referring to sets of mental, intellectual, moral, and cultural traits that define particular human groups represented as being "nations" or "peoples."

Geist (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaɪst] ⓘ) is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy. Geist can be roughly translated into three English meanings: ghost (as in the supernatural entity), spirit (as in the Holy Spirit), and mind or intellect.

2024年11月25日 · Herder is best known for introducing the concept of the Volk (“folk” or “the people”) in the discussion of nations and nationalism. He challenged Enlightenment universalism, arguing that every nation has its own character (Volksgeist) that it should nurture and develop. Portrait of Johann Gottfried Herder by Anton Graff, 1785.

2019年4月21日 · Savigny was one of the most respected and influential German jurists of the 19 th century and known as the pioneer of the Historical school of law through his concept of Volksgeist (Spirit of people).

…to their distinctive ethos, or Volksgeist (“national spirit”). To the Romantics, the national spirit thus became the ultimate datum to be explored in its various manifestations. From this point of view law is not something that can be devised by means of rational formal legislation but rather originates in the…

Volksgeist (folk or national spirit) is perhaps the best known of a family of terms referring to sets of mental, intellectual, moral, and cultural traits that define particular human groups represented as being "nations" or "peoples."

2011年5月20日 · Through his concept of Volksgeist, which directly influenced Slavic intellectuals, and his high praise for the Slavic people and culture, Herder became an intellectual godfather of Pan-Slavism. Herder rejected the mixture of Völker, each of which he believed was adapted to a particular ecological niche. Ideally, “if every one of these ...

2024年2月2日 · The Volksgeist theory, also known as the theory of the “spirit of the people,” is a concept in jurisprudence that delves deep into the relationship between the collective consciousness of a society and the development of its legal system.

Volksgeist: Herder identified the people (Volk) as the root of national culture and special nature (Volksgeist) that each nation should try to express. The Volk could best be understood by studying their history - their language, culture, customs, religion, literature, law and folklore.

It was observed that the essence of Savigny’s Volksgeist was that a nation’s legal system is greatly influenced by the historical culture and traditions of the people and the growth of law is to be located in their popular acceptance.