National Thought in Europe

A Cultural History

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23810941
AutoresJoep Leerssen (0000-0002-0456-0078, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Data de publicação2018-08-01
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoNational Thought in Europe (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraAmsterdam University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.2307/j.ctvwcjgtv
OpenAlexW1605093565
ISBN9789048542109
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas39

Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth 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. Tracing the modern European nation-state as the outcome of a cultural self-invention, cross-nationally and historically, Leerssen also provides a new approach to Europe's contemporary identity politics. This study of nationalism offers a startling new perspective on cultural and national identity. National Thought in Europe was shortlisted for the http://www.livre-europeen.eu/index.htm>Europe Book Prize.

Geography · Political science · European Cultural and National Identity · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History