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Lived Nation as the History of Experiences and Emotions in Finland, 1800-2000

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  • Uses Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to study the emergence, shaping and renewal of a nation through histories of experience and emotions
  • Points to the histories of experience and emotions as a novel way of studying nations and nationalism
  • Introduces a number of new methodological approaches to understand the experiences of the nation
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience (PSHE)

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This open access book uses Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an empirical case in order to study the emergence, shaping and renewal of a nation through histories of experience and emotions. It revolves around the following questions: What kinds of experiences have engendered national mobilization and feelings of national belonging? How have political and societal conflicts turned into new communities of experience and emotion? What kinds of experiences have been integrated into, or excluded from, the national context in different instances? How have people internalized or contested the nation as a context for their personal, family and minority-group experiences? In what ways has the nation entered and affected people’s intimate spheres of life? How have “national” experiences been transmitted to children in the renewal of the nation? This edited collection points to the histories of experience and emotions as a novel way of studying nations and nationalism. Building on current debates in nationalism studies, it offers a theoretical framework for analyzing the historical construction of “lived nations,” and introduces a number of new methodological approaches to understand the experiences of the nation, extending from the investigation of personal reminiscences and music records to the study of dreams and children’s drawings.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Epilogue

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Ville Kivimäki, Sami Suodenjoki, Tanja Vahtikari

About the editors

Ville Kivimäki is Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland, and one of the series editors of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience.


Sami Suodenjoki is Senior Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland.


Tanja Vahtikari is Senior Lecturer at Tampere University, Finland.


The editors of the book work in the Lived Nation research team at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lived Nation as the History of Experiences and Emotions in Finland, 1800-2000

  • Editors: Ville Kivimäki, Sami Suodenjoki, Tanja Vahtikari

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69882-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69881-2Published: 08 June 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69884-3Published: 08 June 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69882-9Published: 07 June 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2524-8960

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-8979

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 392

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social History, Historiography and Method, History of Modern Europe

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