Antonín Lojek

Defining the Term and Content Nation (A Necessary Condition for Understanding the Terms “Nationality” and “National Minority”)

The authors of this article focus on the definition of the term “nation”. They introduce various definitions of “nation” offered by European thinkers, including Czechs. They point out that in the ideas of linguists, historians, and politicians of the Revival and post-Revival periods were picked up by Czech sociologists, philosophers, and political scientists of the 20th century. The authors also introduce several individual schools of thought that attempted to study the term “nation”.