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Medieval imagery in today's politics /
Though the "medieval" is often deployed as a stigmatic symbol of all that is retrograde, against modernity, and barbaric, the medieval is increasingly being sought as a bedrock of tradition, heritage, and identity, especially by writers and politicians on the far right. Both characterizati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Leeds] :
Arc Humanities Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though the "medieval" is often deployed as a stigmatic symbol of all that is retrograde, against modernity, and barbaric, the medieval is increasingly being sought as a bedrock of tradition, heritage, and identity, especially by writers and politicians on the far right. Both characterizations - the medieval as violent other and the medieval as vital foundation - are mined and studied in this book. Daniel Wollenberg examines contemporary political uses of the Middle Ages to ask why the medieval continues to play such a prominent role in the political and historical imagination today. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98). |
| ISBN: | 1942401418 9781942401414 194240140X 9781942401407 |