Comparative Studies in Modern European History: Nation, Nationalism, Social Change

by Hroch,Miroslav

• ISBN13: 9780754659358
• ISBN10: 0754659356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The two main themes of this selection of articles by Professor Hroch are the process of nation formation during the 19th century and the social and political aspects of the transition from a pre-modern, feudal and traditional society to a modern capitalist one and the uneven pace of this change in the West and East of Europe. The author argues that we cannot study the process of nation-formation as a mere product of some nebulous 'nationalism'; we have to understand it as a part of social and cultural transformation.

Table of Contents

Introduction

National movements

The social composition of the Czech patriots in Bohemia 1827-1848

From ethnic group toward the modern nation: the Czech case

Zionism as a European national movement

De l'ethnicité à la nation: un chemin oublié vers la modernité

The social interpretation of linguistic demands in European national movements

Social and territorial characteristics in the composition of leading groups of national movements

Real and constructed: the nature of the nation

National minority movements and their aims

Nationalism

How much does a nation depend on nationalism?

Nationalism and national movements: comparing the past and present of Central and Eastern Europe

An unwelcome national identity or what to do about 'nationalism' in post-Communist countries

Eugen Lemberg's 'nationalismustheorie'

Historical Heritage

Historical belles-lettres as a vehicle of the image of national history

Historical heritage: continuity and discontinuity in the construction of national histories (with J Malecková)

The Czech discourse on Europe, 1848-1948

Social Change

Die rolle des Zentraleuropäischen Handels im Ausgleich der Handelsbilanz zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa 1550-1650

Die rezeption der Französischen Revolution als Indikator des Fortschritts?

Zur Typologie der europäischen Revolutionen

Einige Überlegungen zur nicht bestehenden Diskussion

Criteria and indicators of uneven development

Index

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