მიხაკო წერეთელი - ქართველი ერის წარმოშობის შესახებ

Abstract

The paper focuses on two issues: how did Mikhako Tsereteli understand the concept of nation and what he thought about origin of the Georgian nation. These issues are discussed and examined in his book: “Nation and Humanity” (Tbilisi, 1910). M. Tsereteli studied European theoretical heritage and based on it he elaborated his definition of nation – high level of cohesion with a common language, religion, customs, culture, law, history, self-identity, statehood or aspiration to it. Formation of the Georgian nation took place in the “era of Christendom” in the 4th-11th cc., and this process was completed in the “Golden Age” (12th-13th cc.).