Europe, nations and modernity

Europe, nations and modernity

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This work offers a fresh perspective to the study of 'Europe' by placing the discussion of 'What is Europe?' and 'What is it to be European?', in a wider context of the study of modernity through a collection of nine case studies. ATSUKO ICHIJO is Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, UK. She co-ordinates an FP7 project, 'Identities andModernities in Europe' and is a member of the editorial team of 'Nations and Nationalism'. Her publications include: 'Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Europe: Concepts of Europe and the Nation', 'The Balancing Act: Sovereignty and National Identity for Britain in Europe', 'When Is the Nation?: Towards an Understanding of Theories of Nationalism '(co-edited with Gordana Uzelac), and 'Entangled Identities: Nations and Europe '(co-edited with Willfried Spohn). INDICE: Acknowledgement - List of Contributors - Introduction: Europe as Modernity; 'A. Ichijo' - PART I: 'PROTO-TYPES' - Turkish Modernity: A Continuous Journey of Europeanization; 'A.Kaya' &' A.Tecman' - Europe as a Missed Opportunity: Looking Backwards to Modernity in France; 'G.Bozec' &' S.Duchesne' - German European Identities and Modernity; 'T.Boldt-Jaremko - 'PART II: VARIED MANIFESTATIONS OF THE 'PROTO-TYPES' - European Dilemmas and Identity Construction on the Bulgarian Path to Modernity; 'M.Kosseva', 'A.Zhelyazkova' & 'M.Hajdinjak' - Greek Modernity and Europe: An Ambivalent Relationship; 'R.Gropas '& 'A.Triandafyllidou' - Nation Formation and Europeanization as a Conflict of Tradition and Modernization: Croatia's Case Revisited; 'M.TopiD' - The Ferry-Country Between East and West: Debates on Modernity and Europe in Hungary; 'A.Kovács, A.Horváth '& 'Z.Vidra' - Identity Construction and Modernity in Finland: Borders, Ruptures and Significant Others; 'M.Eskola, T.Räisä' &' H.Stenius - ''Europe' and Modernity in the British Context; 'A.Ichijo' - References - Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-30143-6
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 248
  • Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés