ISBN:
9781845453718
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (234 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version European Puzzle, The : The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities at a Time of Transition
DDC:
306.2094/090511
Keywords:
European Union
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Group identity ; European Union countries
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Group identity ; Cross-cultural studies
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Nationalism ; European Union countries
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Nationalism ; Cross-cultural studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The twin concepts of ""Culture"" and ""Identity"" are inescapable in any discussion of European Integration and yet over the last ten years their meaning has become increasingly contested. By combining an anthropological and political perspective, the authors challenge the traditional boundaries within the issue of the construction of Europe. In the first part, historians and anthropologists from various national traditions discuss the process of the construction of Europe and its implications for cultural identities. The second section examines a number of topics at the core of the process o
Description / Table of Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: European Political Constructs; Chapter 1 The Formation of National Identities; Chapter 2 ''More Than Its Fair Share of History''; Chapter 3 The Political Structuring of Cultural Identities in the European Union; Chapter 4 European Identity in a Transnational Era; Part II: Cutural and Political Identities in Transition; Chapter 5 Heritage versus Tradition; Chapter 6 Dinosaur, Shipwreck or Museum Piece?; Chapter 7 Through the Looking Glass of Football
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III: Challenges to Existent Forms of Belonging and Cultural ValuesChapter 8 Parties, Identity and Europeanisation; Chapter 9 Remapping Regionalism; Chapter 10 Cultural Identities and the European City; Notes on Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index
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