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1 online resource |
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Contemporary Austrian studies ; vol. 20 |
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Contemporary Austrian studies ; v. 20.
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Preface: the twentieth anniversary issue / Günter Bischof – Introduction / Anton Pelinka – Globalization and Austria: past and present / Andreas Exenberger – Topical essays – I. Austria and the world – Fin de fin-de-siècle Vienna? A letter of remembrance / Steven Beller – Ideology and politics in the state that nobody wanted: Austro-Marxism, Austrofascism, and the First Austrian Republic / Tim Kirk – The Austrian school of economics and its global impact / Hansjoerg Klausinger – Vienna: the eventful history of a financial center / Andreas Resch and Dieter Stiefel – Konferenzplatz Wien: Vienna as an international conference state / Eric Frey – OMV: a case study of an Austrian global player / Alexander Smith – II. The world and Austria – Austria and its migrants / Rainer Müntz – Austria and Central Europe / Emil Brix – The Europeanization of Austrian political culture: Austrian exceptionalism revisited / Fritz Plasser and Gilg Seeber – Austria’s dismal EU membership: from enthusiasm to ambivalence / Sonja Puntscher Riekmann – Forum: the globalization of Austrian studies – Introduction / Günter Bischof – Austrian studies in Australia / Julie Thorpe – Austrian studies in the United States / Gary B. Cohen – Austrian studies in the United Kingdom / Peter Pulzer – Austrian studies in France / Jacques Le Rider – Austrian studies with Chinese characteristics? Some observations / Ke-chin Hsia and Fei-Hsien Wang – The state of Austrian/Habsburg historical studies in Japan / Atsushi Otsuru – Book reviews – Annual review – Austria 2010 / Reinhold Gärtner |
| Summary |
After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Austria transformed itself from an empire to a small Central European country. Formerly an important player in international affairs, the new republic was quickly sidelined by the European concert of powers. The enormous losses of territory and population in Austria’s post-Habsburg state of existence, however, did not result in a political, economic, cultural, and intellectual black hole. The essays in the twentieth anniversary volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies argue that the small Austrian nation found its place in the global arena of the twentieth century and made a mark both on Europe and the world. Be it Freudian psychoanalysis, the “fin-de-siècle” Vienna culture of modernism, Austro-Marxist thought, or the Austrian School of Economics, Austrian hinkers and ideas were still wielding a notable impact on the world. Alongside these cultural and intellectual dimensions, Vienna remained the Austrian capital and reasserted its strong position in Central European and international business and finance. Innovative Austrian companies are operating all over the globe. This volume also examines how the globalizing world of the twentieth century has impacted Austrian demography, society, and political life. Austria’s place in the contemporary world is increasingly determined by the forces of the European integration process. European Union membership brings about convergence and a regional orientation with ramifications for Austria’s global role. Austria emerges in the essays of this volume as a highly globalized country with an economy, society, and political culture deeply grounded in Europe. The globalization of Austria, it appears, turns out to be in many instances an “Europeanization.” |
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Der Zerfall der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie hatte zur Folge, dass die einstige Großmacht der Habsburger zu einem Kleinstaat im Herzen Europa wurde. Der enorme Verlust an Territorium und die Verringerung der Bevölkerung hinterließ allerdings keineswegs ein politisches, wirtschaftliches, kulturelles oder intellektuelles Vakuum. Die Aufsätze des 20. Jubiläumsbandes der Contemporary Austrian Studies zeigen vielmehr, dass die Republik Österreich ihren Platz in Europa und der Welt halten konnte: Sei es die Psychoanalyse von Freud, das Wien des fin-de-siècle oder der Austro-Marxismus, österreichische Ideen fanden weltweit Anklang. Auch in der internationalen Geschäfts- und Finanzwelt konnte sich Wien als Hauptstadt behaupten. Heute bestimmen der EU-Beitritt, der europäische Integrationsprozess sowie die Globalisierung das wirtschaftliche, gesellschaftliche und politische Leben Österreichs |
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Economic history
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Social conditions
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Austria -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009713
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Austria -- Economic conditions -- History -- 20th century
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Austria -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century
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Austria
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bischof, Günter, 1953- editor.
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Plasser, Fritz, 1948- editor.
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Pelinka, Anton, 1941- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781608011384 |
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1608011380 |
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