Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Cultural borders of Europe : narratives, concepts and practices in the present and the past / edited by Mats Andrén, Thomas Lindkvist, Ingmar Söhrman and Katharina Vajta
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2017
©2017

Copies

Description 1 online resource (vi, 208 pages)
Series Making Sense Of History : Studies in Historical Cultures ; volume 30
Making sense of history ; v. 30.
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
Summary "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 well as the legal bases for citizenship. Thus, an understanding of such borders and their consequences is of utmost importance for promoting the evolution of democracy. Cultural Borders of Europe provides a wide-ranging exploration of these lines of demarcation in a variety of regions and historical eras, providing essential insights into the state of European intercultural relations today"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 02, 2017)
Subject Cultural pluralism -- Europe
Multiculturalism -- Europe
Ethnicity -- Europe -- Politcal aspects
Borderlands -- Europe -- Politcal aspects
Borderlands -- Social aspects -- Europe
Liberalism -- Europe
Democracy -- 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
SUBJECT Europe -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004797
Subject Europe
Europa
Form Electronic book
Author Andrén, Mats, editor, contributor
Lindkvist, Thomas, 1949- editor, contributor.
Söhrman, Ingmar, editor, contributor
Vajta, Katharina, editor, contributor
LC no. 2017024868
ISBN 9781785335914
178533591X