Re:'The Celts: A Modern History' by Ian Stewart Review
by pfannkuchen on Saturday March 22, 2025 @02:23PM
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I’m surprised to hear that Germans in the 1930s thought negatively about English imperialism. My understanding was that the German leadership at the time was impressed by English imperialism in the way you might be impressed by a financially successful cousin. Do you know if this view was like a populist view of the people but not the leadership, or if it was a niche view among the people, or have I got the views of the leadership wrong?
Re:'The Celts: A Modern History' by Ian Stewart Review
by ttyprintk on Saturday March 22, 2025 @07:31PM
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I haven’t read the book, but his other interviews sound like it covers that in between episodes on Ireland. Be prepared for Nazi “mistakes” about ethnicities that conveniently justify invasion.
In German, it’s kelte, same sound as Irish c and Greek kappa.
Maybe we should leave the distinction irrelevant. From the author himself, “ in the nineteenth century many of the scholarly breakthroughs were made by German scholars, who were recognised to be the leaders in this field. Many of them also harboured sympathy for the Celtic regions of Brittany, Ireland, and Wales, and thought they should be freed from French and English imperialism.” And that’s how the word became popular in 1930s Germany.