Abstract:

In the beginning German nationalism was aimed at fighting against oppression and completing national unification, and later it was transmuted into chauvinism. Obviously there were contradicting phenomena between its causes and results. Among those causes that led to nationalism were divisions in political, economical and social fields, and relevant realities and dispensations. The results caused by nationalism consisted of a dictatorial system, militarism and power ideology. This situation guided German nationalism to a wrong way.

Key words: modem Germany, nationalism, contradicting phenomena