National Thought in Europe

A Cultural History - 3rd Revised Edition
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-94-6298-954-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 561 g

Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth of national thought and of nationalism — from medieval ethnic prejudice to the Romantic belief in a nation's 'soul'. The belief and ideology of the nation's cultural individuality emerged from a Europe-wide exchange of ideas, often articulated in literature and belles lettres. In the last two centuries, these ideas have transformed the map of Europe and the relations between people and government. In tracing the modern European nation-state, cross-nationally and historically, as the outcome of a cultural self-invention, Leerssen also provides a surprising perspective on Europe's contemporary identity politics. National Thought in Europe has been brought up to date in this new, third edition.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leerssen, Joep

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, Foreword to the Third Edition, Preface, Introduction, Source Traditions, The Politics of National Identity, Identity Rampant, Aftermath and Conclusions: Twentieth-Century Issues, Appendices, Languages, Alphabets, Dialects and Language Politics, Source References, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joep Leerssen holds the Chair of Modern European Literature at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of many authoritative studies on the relations between literature, historical consciousness and nationalism.