Volk nationalism defines the nation as a transcendentally destined natural people.

Evidence

Later German philosophers (Arndt, and later Jahn, cited in Dawidowicz, 1975) defined the concept of Volk, meaning a group of people with common tradi­ tions, culture, values, and so forth. But Volk also meant more than this. It came to mean a people with a transcendental essence—a natural grouping of people who were meant to be together. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 913

Categorization

• DEFINE: Operationalizes Volk/Volkstum/Reich as used by Arndt and Jahn — useful vocabulary for naming the mystical-essence version of national identity.
• XREF: connects to: National love derives from assimilating the nation to unchosen natural ties — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 546; Extreme nationalism sacralizes the nation and justifies enslaving others — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2440

Broader Connections

• National love derives from assimilating the nation to unchosen natural ties #expands (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 546
• Extreme nationalism sacralizes the nation and justifies enslaving others #expands (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2440