National Romanticism: Formation of National Movements, Volume Two (Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 963732660X ISBN 13: 9789637326608

Publisher: Central European University Press, 2007

Synopsis

67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and the national movements in the cultural space ranging from Poland to the Ottoman Empire. Each text is accompanied by a presentation of the author, and by an analysis of the context in which the respective work was born.The end of the 18th century and first decades of the 19th were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment and the dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. In culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism and provided a new key for a growing number of activists to 're-imagine' their national community, reaching beyond the traditional frameworks of identification (such as the 'political nation', regional patriotism, or Christian universalism). The collection focuses on the interplay of Romantic cultural discourses and the shaping of national ideology throughout the 19th century, tracing the patterns of cultural transfer with Western Europe as well as the mimetic competition of national ideologies within the region.

About this edition

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 963732660X
• ISBN 13: 9789637326608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 502
• Editor: Trencsényi Balázs, Kopecek Michal