Miroslav Hroch

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Prof. Miroslav Hroch (born 14 June 1932 in Prague) is a Czech historian and political theorist and a professor at the Charles University in Prague.

Hroch earned his PhD at the Charles University in 1962.^[1] Miroslav Hroch has earned international academic renown for his works about formation and evolution of the national movements of Central and Eastern European nations. He has significantly contributed to the establishment of comparative history as a research field in East-Central Europe.

Hroch defined three chronological stages in the creation of a nation. At first, the nation exists on a cultural level. Second, the nation gets politically executed. Thereafter the people internalizes the nation.

Books

Social preconditions of national revival in Europe, Die Vorkämpfer der nationalen Bewegungen bei den kleinen Völkern Europas, Praha, 1968, English translation 1985

References

↑ "Miroslav Hroch's CV". Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64022826 LCCN: n81138654 ISNI: 0000 0001 1028 2062 GND: 120923904 BNF: cb120382712 NKC: jk01042807

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Name	Hroch, Miroslav
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Date of birth	14 June 1932
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
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