What is "chlopomania"

Chłopomania or Khlopomanstvo ( Cyrillic: Хлопоманство) is a historical and literary term inspired by the Young Poland modernist movement and the Ukrainian Community ( Hromada). The expression refers to the late-19th-century Galician and the Right-bank Ukraine intelligentsia's fascination with, and interest in, the peasantry.

Though the term was 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, where it strongly contributed to the shaping of modern Ukrainian culture.