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Volkismus

English translation: Volkism

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German term or phrase:Volkismus
English translation:Volkism
Entered by: Jaime Hyland

08:41 May 28, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / National Socialist ideology
German term or phrase: Volkismus
I'm translating a scholarly article on the policy of expulsions, resettlement and redesign of the cultivated landscape followed by the Nazis in occupied Poland during WWII.

The sentence in which the above expression is used is the following: Die ideologischen Grundsätze des Nationalsozialismus, die sich auf dem Problem des Dorfes und der Landschaft konzentrierten, stammten aus der Ideologie des >>Volkismus
Jaime Hyland
Local time: 07:53
Volkism
Explanation:
I've always seen it referred to as Volkism. See here: http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/The_Volk_and_Other_Ideol...

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-28 08:54:08 GMT)
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And here it is used in an academic context: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MA6uAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290&lp...

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Note added at 37 mins (2015-05-28 09:18:36 GMT)
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I know what you mean, Jaime. I remember wondering about it years ago. Just one of those concepts for which there is no equivalent in EN.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
Grading comment
Much obliged
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9Volkism
Helen Shiner
4 +2popularism
Donald Jacobson
3folkish nationalism
Michael Martin, MA


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
popularism


Explanation:
NationStates • View topic - Volkism in your nation
NationStates › forum
Dec 16, 2013 - 14 posts - ‎13 authors
The party ideology is Volkismus (Peopleism, Popularism) and have similarities to socialist ideologies, ...

Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Donald, I think this use of the term is more specific than (and very different to) simple popularism or populism. It appears to be wound up with mysticism about the connection between the people and the land, and appears to to contrast a little with simple territorial nationalism. In other contexts your suggestion may work, but probably not here in dealing with how the Nazis planned to redesign the Polish landscape to suit the German "soul." Thanks for your help anyway!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kmaincor
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, kmaincor!
agree  Jacek Konopka
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jacek!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Volkism


Explanation:
I've always seen it referred to as Volkism. See here: http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/The_Volk_and_Other_Ideol...

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-28 08:54:08 GMT)
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And here it is used in an academic context: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MA6uAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290&lp...

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Note added at 37 mins (2015-05-28 09:18:36 GMT)
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I know what you mean, Jaime. I remember wondering about it years ago. Just one of those concepts for which there is no equivalent in EN.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 105
Grading comment
Much obliged
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Helen! I'm grateful for the confirmation. As a newbie with historical texts on this place and period, the term sticks a little in my craw, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. :)

Asker: Thankfully, given its associations according to my author!

Asker: Thanks very much for your help! And to everyone else who contributed too!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elisabeth Kissel: good references
23 mins
  -> Thanks, Elisabeth
agree  Donald Jacobson
24 mins
  -> Thanks, Donald
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Absolutely! Hope you're well, Helen.// If only it WAS warmer, we're still at an uncomfortable 11°. (Okay, so it's not freezing...)
39 mins
  -> Thank you, Ramey, you too! Always happier in warmer weather./Hope it warms up for you, too. That sounds far too chilly.
agree  Nicola Wood
50 mins
  -> Thanks, Nicola
agree  Eckhard Boehle
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Eckhard
agree  EK Yokohama
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, EK MUC
agree  Jacek Konopka
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jacek
agree  Horst Huber (X): Of course. The word was invented as an English word. And it may not be the most felicitous import into German.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Horst. That's interesting.
agree  Lancashireman: Yes, 'ethnic nationalism' as opposed to 'civic nationalism' (sic) as expounded with a perfectly straight face by the SNP.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lancashireman - another concept to get our heads around!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
folkish nationalism


Explanation:
I haven’t seen an actual definition of Volkismus in German but it looks like this Hitler quote (which looks well-translated) might provide us with additional insights into the concept…
"(in 1904), he wrote in Mein Kampf, “I understood the difference between dynastic patriotism and folkish nationalism, even then I was interested only in the latter….Germany could be safeguarded only by the destruction of Austria [Hitler's native country]….[T]he national sentiment is in no sense identical with dynasties or with patriotism.”

In addition to all its misplaced sentimentality, “Volk-ismus” already sounds like it raises the value of one people above others while accepting the political consequences that entails. That would make it a precursor of the politicized form of patriotism the Nazis embraced.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/lukacs-patrio...

I actually think “volkism” is an appropriate translation. But somehow, I feel compelled to lend more weight to the political component even though this may raise criticism of hindsight and overinterpretation..


Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 01:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 74
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