We, the People
Politics of National Peculiarity in Southeastern Europe
Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century south-eastern Europe. A product of transnational comparative teamwork, this collection represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions.
The originality of the approach lies in a combination of three factors: [a] seeing nation-building as a process that is to a large extent driven by intellectuals and writers, rather than just a side effect of infrastructural ...
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- Editor : Central European University Press
- Colección : CEUP collection
- Lugar de edición : Budapest
- Año de edición : 2009
- Publicación en OpenEdition Books : 23 janvier 2013
- EAN (publicación papel) : 9789639776289
- EAN electrónico : 9786155211669
- Número de páginas : 392 p.
Part I. Ethnos and Citizens: Versions of Cultural-Political Construction of Identity
Constructions of the Nation in Transylvanian Romanian Liberalism, 1838–1848
The Paths of Macedonian Supra-Nationalism (1878–1912)
Visions of National Peculiarity in the Romanian Political Discourse of the 19th Century
Part II. Nationalization of Sciences and the Definitions of the Folk
Definition of Identity in Textbooks and the Press (1830–1878)
The Constitution of the Hungarian Ethnographic Discipline and the Touristic Movements (1870–1900)
“Race,” Science and Politics in Fin-de-siècle Bulgaria
Part III. The Canon-Builders
Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century south-eastern Europe. A product of transnational comparative teamwork, this collection represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions.
The originality of the approach lies in a combination of three factors: [a] seeing nation-building as a process that is to a large extent driven by intellectuals and writers, rather than just a side effect of infrastructural modernization processes; [b] looking at the regional, cross-border ramifications of these processes (rather than in a rigid single-country-by-country perspective) and [c] looking at the autonomous role of intellectuals in these areas, rather than just seeing south-eastern Europe as an appendix to Europe-at-large, passively undergoing European influences.
The essays explore the political instrumentalization of the concepts of folk, people and ethnos in south-eastern Europe in the “long 19th century” by mapping the discursive and institutional itineraries through which this set of notions became a focal point of cultural and political thought in various national contexts; a process that coincided with the emergence of political modernity.
"In the history of emerging national awareness in Europe, the formerly Ottoman- and Habsburg-ruled regions in the continent’s South-East present a case of unusual complexity and interest. South-East Europe combines geopolitical regional cohesion and ethno-linguistic diversity, and witnessed the emergence of a complex cluster of both early and tardy nation-building movements in close proximity and overlap, antagonism and exchange. Hitherto largely underresearched (owing to political conditions and ingrained preconceptions), this south-eastern microcosm of Europe now takes its proper place in the panorama of European intellectual history thanks to this excellent volume. We, the People is a landmark book. It applies the latest theoretical insights and comparatist approaches to a wealth of relevant and fascinating case studies, which, besides their intrinsic importance, are now made available for comparative European and macro-regional historical research."
Prof. dr J. Th. Leerssen, Chair of Modern European Literature, University of Amsterdam
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