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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.
The Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment - these seismic
developments in Western thought were not confined to Italy and her
near neighbours, but were paralleled across the vast and culturally
diverse territory stretching from Vienna to Constantinople. Drawing
on an array of sources, many of which were little-known before he
made this ground-breaking study, Victor Neumann charts the
development of Eastern European thought and its literary and
artistic expression from the Middle Ages to the modern age. First
published, to great acclaim in Romania in 1991, this newly revised,
updated and illustrated edition has been published as Neumann's
home city of Timisoara prepares to receive visitors from across the
world as European Capital of Culture, and at a time when the
question of what it means to be European is being debated more than
ever.
The Banat is a uniquely fascinating example of a European
cross-border region, incorporating parts of western Romania,
northeastern Serbia and a small area of southeastern Hungary. The
team of historians, headed by Professor Victor Neumann of the West
University in Timisoara, who have contributed to this volume are
drawn from across the three modern nations of the region. They
analyse the history and culture of the Banat from the earliest
times, focusing on the 300 years since it was captured from the
Ottoman Turks by Prince Eugene of Savoy. Today this ethnically
diverse region has a distinct character of its own, and its
Romanian seat, the city of Timisoara, exudes a character quite
different from Transylvania and the rest of Romania. This new
English edition of the book (originally published in Romanian in
2016 under the title Istoria Banatului) has been expanded and is
published to support Timisoara's designation as European Capital of
Culture in 2023.
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