Stavnsbåndsløsningen i 1788 er kendt for sit frihedsbudskab, men var
primært en militærreform, der indførte værnepligt for unge mænd af
bondestanden.
Fædrelandskærlighed og borgerdyd indsætter de militære
problemstillinger i en bredere, kulturhistorisk analyse, der først og
fremmest handler om den patriotiske begrebsverden, hvorfra ideen om
værnepligt som borgerdyd udsprang. Den patriotiske tale om borgernes ansvar
for fædrelandet, kropslig disciplinering i militæret og iscenesættelse af
patriotiske ritualer ses som elementer i en subjektiveringsproces, hvor en
ny selvbevidsthed kunne udvikles hos dele af befolkningen.
Her kom en række af de forestillinger til debat, der også spiller en
fremtrædende rolle i vore dage: om indfødtes fortrin, nationalitet,
statsborgerskab og fædrelandskærlighed.
Tine Damsholt, ph.d. i etnologi, er lektor på Institut for Arkæologi og
Etnologi, Københavns Universitet. Hun har tidligere leveret bidrag til
bl.a.
Kulturens Nationalisering
, 1999.
English
The Abolition of Adscription in 1788 is known for its message of liberty,
but it was primarily a military reform which imposed compulsory military
service on young men of the peasantry.
Fædrelandskærlighed og borgerdyd (
Patriotism and Civic
Virtue) places the military issues in a broader cultural-historical
analysis which primarily deals with the patriotic world scheme from which
the idea of compulsory military service as a civic virtue originated. The
patriotic speech on the responsibility of the citizens towards their native
country, bodily discipline in the military and the staging of patriotic
rituals are seen as elements in a subjectification process in which a new
self-assurance could be developed in parts of the population.
At the time, a number of issues that also play an important part in today's
society were debated: the preference of natives, nationality, citizenship
and patriotism.
Tine Damsholt, PhD in Ethnology, is a senior lecturer in the Department of
Archeology and Ethnology at the University of Copenhagen. She has
previously contributed to, among other things,
Kulturens Nationalisering
(
The Nationalization of Culture), 1999.
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