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Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experience
Johannes Feichtinger (Ed.)
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Description for Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experience
Paperback. The essays in this collection offer a nuanced analysis of the multifaceted cultural experience of Central Europe under the late Habsburg monarchy and beyond. Editor(s): Feichtinger, Johannes; Cohen, Gary B. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 271 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is under attack for its relativizing, particularist, and essentializing implications. The essays in this collection offer a nuanced analysis of the multifaceted cultural experience of Central Europe under the late Habsburg monarchy and beyond. The authors examine how culturally coded social spaces can be described and understood historically without adopting categories formerly employed to justify ... Read more
Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is under attack for its relativizing, particularist, and essentializing implications. The essays in this collection offer a nuanced analysis of the multifaceted cultural experience of Central Europe under the late Habsburg monarchy and beyond. The authors examine how culturally coded social spaces can be described and understood historically without adopting categories formerly employed to justify ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Austrian and Habsburg Studies
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333446
SKU
V9781785333446
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About Johannes Feichtinger (Ed.)
Johannes Feichtinger is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and teaches history at the University of Vienna. Gary B. Cohen is Professor of Modern Central European history at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where he has also served as director of the Center for Austrian Studies ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experience
Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior exposure to Central European history and theoretical approaches to nationalism. They will find in it plentiful food for thought.
The American Historical Review The volume is highly recommended for anyone researching multiculturalism, and one can only agree with ... Read more
The American Historical Review The volume is highly recommended for anyone researching multiculturalism, and one can only agree with ... Read more