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Ruptura - The Impact of Nationalism and Extremism on Daily Life in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) (Hardcover)
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Ruptura - The Impact of Nationalism and Extremism on Daily Life in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) (Hardcover)
Series: LSE Studies in Spanish History
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Despite over 20,000 published books on the Spanish civil war, it
remains the case that the social and cultural dimensions of the
conflict have been relatively under-researched. Ruptura focuses on
how nationalism, and extremist conceptions and projects, defined
daily life experiences in both the battlefield and civilian cities
and towns. A principal objective is to demonstrate that the civil
war was not a struggle waged between ideologies disconnected from
the preoccupations and daily lives of the Spanish people. A
tripartite division of the chapter contributions -- Construction of
the war; Wartime experiences; Memory and legacies -- brings to
light the climate of violence, the social and symbolic
transformations resulting from political divergence, and the
widespread uncertainty that shaped the behavior, attitudes,
lifestyles, practices and experiences of both combatants and
civilians. New theoretical approaches on so-called war studies are
addressed and engaged with. Several contributions frame their
analyses within the international context of radicalization and
political violence of interwar Europe. However, attention to the
European frame does not diminish the importance accorded throughout
the volume to the events that occurred in Spain. Without an
understanding of the development of extremist projects, ideologies
and attitudes in their particular and international dimensions it
is impossible to explain the atmosphere of severe social
radicalization and the unprecedented levels of violence reached
during and after the civil war. In present times, when the
relationship of extremism and nationalism to civil war is once
again at the heart of public discourse and a preoccupation of media
and governments, an historical perspective on these questions could
not be more timely or necessary. Published in association with the
Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.
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