Albanian National Ideology

In the European political and cultural scene,from which the Turkish conquests had taken them out,
the Albanians will return in 19th century.The Albanian National Revival as a general patriotic,political,spiritual,and
cultural revival represents in fact the return of the Albanian people in the progressive trend of the European
civilisation.Culture,civilisation,social ideals of Europe become ideals of the highest class of the nation:of intellectuals.
The National Revival is a movement inspired by the national ideology and at the same time it is its insiprer.
It is built on cultural and moral traditions of the people itself,but also on the philosophical and democratic ideas
of Illuminism and the Great French Revolution.It is a liberating movement of the nation,but also democratic,and
this dual character of it is reflected in the works written by the revivalists,and in a particular way in the book of
Sami Frashëri,Shqipëria ç'ka qenë,ç'është e ç'do të bëhet (Albania what it was,is and will be),which presents its
national and democratic program.Grave national,political,social and economic consequences of the long and dim
Turkish night in the life of the Albanian people hinder the national ideology of the Albanian Revival,but may not
stop it,because it represents the historical interests of the nation.Although hindered from it not only during the 19th
century - i.e. before the declaration of indenpendence,but also between the two world wars - i.e. after the declar-
ation of indenpendence,the Albanian national ideology will remain the most active ideology in the political and
thinking life of the nation until after the Second World War,above all because the program of the National Revival
was only partially realized in 1912,and in 1945 respectively.