Chłopomania

Chłopomania (Polish: [xwɔpɔˈmaɲa] ^ⓘ) or Khlopomanstvo (Ukrainian: Хлопоманство [xlopoˈmɑnstwo]) are historical and literary terms inspired by the Young Poland modernist movement and the Ukrainian Hromady. The expressions refer to the intelligentsia's fascination with, and interest in, the peasantry in late-19th-century Galicia and right-bank Ukraine.

Though originally used in jest, with time the renewed interest in folk traditions influenced the national revivals in Poland and Ukraine, both ruled by foreign empires. "Peasant-mania", a manifestation of both neo-romanticism and populism, arose during Galicia's rule by Austria-Hungary and touched both Poles and Ukrainians. It also manifested itself in the Russian Empire in forms of Narodniks, where it strongly contributed to the shaping of modern Ukrainian culture. Chłopomania also contributed to formation of Hromadas (communities of Ukrainian intelligentsia).