1st Edition

European National Identities Elements, Transitions, Conflicts

386 Pages

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358 Pages

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Making sense of the perplexing diversity of Europe is a challenging task. How compatible are national identities in Europe? What makes Europe European? What do Europeans have in common? European National Identities explores the diversity of European states, nations, and peoples. In doing so, the editors focus on the origins and elements of different national identities in Europe and... Read more

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Making Sense of European National Identities and Diversity
Roland Vogt and Wayne Cristaudo
2 Belgium: A Nation-State without a National Identity?
Roland Vogt
3 A Riven Nation: Old versus New Britain
Wayne Cristaudo
4 France: Between the Individual and the Universal
Denis Meyer
5 German National Identity: Moving beyond Guilt
Roland Vogt and Chong Li
6 Greek Identity: Between Hellenism and Europeanism
Georgios Repousis and Andreas Leutzsch
7 Italy: One Nation, Three Republics, and a Thousand Identities
Waddick Doyle
8 "The Chinese of Europe?" Dutch Identities on Trial
Arie Amaya-Akkermans
9 Poland: A Nation of the In-Between
Krzysztof Sliwinski
10 Portugal: A Future's Past between Land and Sea
Andreas Leutzsch
11 Russia's Nostalgic Present
Laura Victoir
12 Spain: One Country, Many Regional Identities
Rocio Blasco-Garcia
13 Sweden: Social Solitariness
Kristina Tolinsson Ting
14 Turkey as Borderland: Inside Europe, Outside, or In-Between?
Jochen Walter
15 From "Yugoslavism" to (Post-) Yugoslav Nationalisms: Understanding Yugoslav Identities
aora'e Tomia
16 Yugoslavs and Europeans: A Tale of Two Supranational Identities
Aleksandar Pavkovia
17 European Identities: Multiple Forms of a Contested Concept
Roland Vogt
Contributors
Index