1st Edition
Ethnicity and Violence The Case of Radical Basque Nationalism
By Diego Muro
Copyright 2008
266 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
266 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
266 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides a genealogy of radical Basque nationalism and the means by which this complex, often violent, political movement has reinforced Basque identity. Radical nationalists are mobilized by a shared frame of reference where ethnicity and violence are intertwined in a nostalgic recreation of a golden age and a quasi-religious imperative to restore that distant past. Muro... Read more
Introduction 1. The Basque Golden Age 2. The Emergence of Basque Nationalism (1833–1903) 3. Between Autonomy and Independence (1903–1939) 4. Francoism and the Birth of ETA (1939–1975) 5. The Basque Movement of National Liberation (1975–1989) 6. The Polarisation of Identities (1989–1997) 7. Radical Nation-Building in Decline (1997–2006). Conclusion
Biography
Diego Muro is Lecturer in European Studies at Kings College London, UK.
