Cultural Borders of Europe

Narratives, Concepts and Practices in the Present and the Past
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-590-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Making Sense of History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrén, Mats

Lindkvist, Thomas

Söhrman, Ingmar

Vajta, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Mats Andrén & Ingmar Söhrman

PART I: THE CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS BORDERS

Chapter 1. Territorial and Religious Identifications in Europe

Linda Berg

Chapter 2. Europe with or without Muslims: Creating and Maintaining Cultural Boundaries

Göran Larsson & Riem Spielhaus

Chapter 3. Ilm al-Hududuyya: Un-Inheriting Eurocentricity

Klas Grinell

PART II: LINGUISTIC BORDERS IN PRACTICE

Chapter 4. When the Intercultural Goes National:  Textbooks as Sites of Struggle

Katharina Vajta

Chapter 5. The Pluricentric Borders of Bavaria

Barbara Loester

Chapter 6. The Influence of Imagined Linguistic Performances

Ingmar Söhrman

PART III: MENTAL SPACES AND BARRIERS

Chapter 7. Mental Barriers Replacing Nation-State Borders

Fernand Fehlen

Chapter 8. Crossing Borders and Redefining Oneself: The Treacherous Life of Aino Kallas

Katarina Leppänen

Chapter 9. Evolving Symbolic Divides: in Basque Language Promotion Logos

Johan Järlehed

PART IV: SCHOLARS MAKING BORDERS

Chapter 10. The Controversial Concept of European Identity

Mats Andrén

Chapter 11. The EU as a ‘Large Space’? Carl Schmitt and the Contemporary Dilemmas of Political Rituals and Cultural Borders

Jon Wittrock

Chapter 12. How Prehistory Becomes Crucial for Border Making

Per Cornell

Conclusion

Thomas Lindkvist & Katharina Vajta

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vajta, Katharina
Katharina Vajta is senior lecturer in French at the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Gothenburg, where she also is Head of Department.

Andrén, Mats
Mats Andrén is Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, where he also previously served as director of the Centre for European Research. His most recent book is Nuclear Waste Management and Legitimacy: Nihilism and Responsibility (Routledge, 2012).

Söhrman, Ingmar
Ingmar Söhrman was Professor of Romance languages at the University of Gothenburg. Among his publications is Diachronic and Typical Perspectives on Verbs (John Benjamins, 2013), coedited with Folke Josephson.

Lindkvist, Thomas
Thomas Lindkvist was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Gothenburg 1999-2016. His latest publication is Trade and Civilization. Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era, coedited with Kristian Kristiansen and Janken Myrdal (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Mats Andrén is Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, where he also previously served as director of the Centre for European Research. His most recent book is Nuclear Waste Management and Legitimacy: Nihilism and Responsibility (Routledge, 2012).