![]() Estonians have a vital and vibrant culture but it was created by the kind of modernist process which I apply to nationalism and nations in general. ![]() Obviously Estonian culture is under no threat, although Estonians make a fuss about the Russian minority which they have inherited from the Soviet system. The museum has one object for every Estonian-and there are one million Estonians. But since, they have been brilliantly successful in creating a vibrant culture which can be seen, very much alive, in the ethnographic museum in Tartu. They were just a category, without any ethnic self-consciousness. They were simply referred to as people who lived on the land, as opposed to German or Swedish burghers and aristocrats, and Russian administrators. ![]() At the beginning of the 19th century they didn't even have a name for themselves. ![]() There are some very clear cases where modernism holds true. ![]()
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