We, the People: Politics of National Peculiarity in Southeastern EuropeMishkova Diana Central European University Press, 2009 M01 1 - 386 pages 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 |
Contents
Section 20 | 139 |
Section 21 | 144 |
Section 22 | 162 |
Section 23 | 181 |
Section 24 | 185 |
Section 25 | 188 |
Section 26 | 204 |
Section 27 | 207 |
Section 9 | 74 |
Section 10 | 79 |
Section 11 | 82 |
Section 12 | 101 |
Section 13 | 107 |
Section 14 | 112 |
Section 15 | 117 |
Section 16 | 120 |
Section 17 | 124 |
Section 18 | 128 |
Section 19 | 131 |
Section 28 | 237 |
Section 29 | 273 |
Section 30 | 280 |
Section 31 | 286 |
Section 32 | 307 |
Section 33 | 341 |
Section 34 | 356 |
Section 35 | 361 |
Section 36 | 364 |
Section 37 | 366 |
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