Abstract
Part 1 The disintegration of the Universal Church and the development of a new world vision: Grotius, Vico and Rousseau - historical background the attack on Christendom natural law and the social contract religious wars and the need for international arrangements. Part 2 Internationalism and the French revolution: Kant, Paine and Robespierre - historical background the development of the bourgeoisie prior to the French Revolution reason, deism and the internationalist spirit of solidarity La Patrie - the lighthouse of internationalism. Part 3 The rise of nationalism and the counter-enlightenment Burke, De Maistre and Fichte - historical background the revolt against universal reason towards an organic and relativist theory of the nation from internationalism to nationalism conclusion - the great fusion.
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