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Kin, People or Nation? - On European Political Identities (Paperback)
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Kin, People or Nation? - On European Political Identities (Paperback)
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"Starting from the history of concepts, Victor Neumann shows how
the variety of connotations associated with the ideas of 'nation'
and 'people' have been circumscribed in south-eastern Europe,
holding back the region over many decades. More important, with
erudition and seriousness of purpose, he mounts a defence of a
notion of identity that is neither fixed nor monocultural, and
proposes a legal definition of 'nation' that can resist exclusivist
or racist versions. In an age when counter-rational fantasies about
identity seem to be prevailing, when many seem unaware of or have
forgotten where such thinking leads, Neumann's is a much-needed
voice of reason." - Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History, Royal
Holloway, University of London With a focus on the origins and
evolution of political identity, this book explores the way
different linguistic communities have defined kin, ethnicity,
citizenship and the nation. As Neumann traces the transition over
the last two centuries of European history, from the medieval to
the modern age, he pays particular attention to the idealistic
philosophies that have influenced the intellectual landscape and
political discourse of European regions today, and which have
intensified the division between East and West in terms of cultural
norms, legislation and administration.
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