Cultural borders of Europe : narratives, concepts and practices in the present and the past /

"The cultural borders of Europe are today more visible than ever, and with them comes a sense of uncertainty with respect to liberal democratic traditions: whether treated as abstractions or concrete realities, cultural divisions challenge concepts of legitimacy and political representation as...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Andrén, Mats (Editor, Contributor), Lindkvist, Thomas, 1949- (Editor, Contributor), Söhrman, Ingmar (Editor, Contributor), Vajta, Katharina (Editor, Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Series:Making sense of history ; v. 30.
Subjects:
Since 1989
Cultural pluralism > Europe.
Multiculturalism > Europe.
Ethnicity > Europe > Politcal aspects.
Borderlands > Europe > Politcal aspects.
Borderlands > Social aspects > Europe.
Liberalism > Europe.
Democracy > Europe.
Diversité culturelle > Europe.
Multiculturalisme > Europe.
Régions frontalières > Aspect social > Europe.
Libéralisme > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Cultural pluralism.
Democracy.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Liberalism.
Multiculturalism.
Politics and government.
Pluralismus
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Europe > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
Europe > Relations interethniques > Aspect politique.
Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
Europe.
Europa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Mats Andrén & Ingmar Söhrman
  • Part I. The challenges of religious borders
  • Territorial and religious identifications in Europe / Linda Berg
  • Europe with or without Muslims : creating and maintaining cultural boundaries / Göran Larsson & Riem Spielhaus
  • Ilm al-Hududuyya : un-inheriting Eurocentricity / Klas Grinell
  • Part II. Linguistic borders in practice
  • When the intercultural goes national : text books as sites of struggle / Katharina Vajta
  • The pluricentric borders of Bavaria / Barbara Loester
  • The influence of imagined linguistic performances / Ingmar Söhrman
  • Part III. Mental spaces and barriers
  • Mental barriers replacing nation state borders / Fernand Fehlen
  • Crossing borders and redefining oneself : the treacherous life of Aino Kallas / Katarina Leppänen
  • Evolving symbolic divides : in Basque language promotion logos / Johan Järlehed
  • Part IV. Scholars making borders
  • The controversial concept of European identity / Mats Andrén
  • The EU as a "large-space"? : Carl Schmitt and the contemporary dilemmas of political rituals and cultural borders / Jon Wittrock
  • How prehistory becomes crucial for border making / Per Cornell
  • Conclusion / Thomas Lindkvist & Katharina Vajta.

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