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This book examines the role of imperial narratives of
multinationalism as alternative ideologies to nationalism in
Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East from
the revolutions of 1848 up to the defeat and subsequent downfall of
the Habsburg and Ottoman empires in 1918. During this period, both
empires struggled against a rising tide of nationalism to
legitimise their own diversity of ethnicities, languages and
religions. Contributors scrutinise the various narratives of
identity that they developed, supported, encouraged or unwittingly
created and left behind for posterity as they tried to keep up with
the changing political realities of modernity. Beyond simplified
notions of enforced harmony or dynamic dissonance, this book aims
at a more polyphonic analysis of the various voices of Habsburg and
Ottoman multinationalism: from the imperial centres and in the
closest proximity to sovereigns, to provinces and minorities, among
intellectuals and state servants, through novels and newspapers.
Combining insights from history, literary studies and political
sciences, it further explores the lasting legacy of the empires in
post-imperial narratives of loss, nostalgia, hope and redemption.
It shows why the two dynasties keep haunting the twenty-first
century with fears and promises of conflict, coexistence, and
reborn greatness.
This book examines the role of imperial narratives of
multinationalism as alternative ideologies to nationalism in
Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East from
the revolutions of 1848 up to the defeat and subsequent downfall of
the Habsburg and Ottoman empires in 1918. During this period, both
empires struggled against a rising tide of nationalism to
legitimise their own diversity of ethnicities, languages and
religions. Contributors scrutinise the various narratives of
identity that they developed, supported, encouraged or unwittingly
created and left behind for posterity as they tried to keep up with
the changing political realities of modernity. Beyond simplified
notions of enforced harmony or dynamic dissonance, this book aims
at a more polyphonic analysis of the various voices of Habsburg and
Ottoman multinationalism: from the imperial centres and in the
closest proximity to sovereigns, to provinces and minorities, among
intellectuals and state servants, through novels and newspapers.
Combining insights from history, literary studies and political
sciences, it further explores the lasting legacy of the empires in
post-imperial narratives of loss, nostalgia, hope and redemption.
It shows why the two dynasties keep haunting the twenty-first
century with fears and promises of conflict, coexistence, and
reborn greatness.
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