The formation of Croatian national identity a centuries-old dream
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Manchester
Manchester University Press
2003
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| Schriftenreihe: | Europe in change
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index Introduction -- - National identity and the 'great divide' -- - Re-imagining the nation -- - The Croatian historical statehood narrative -- - Contemporary accounts of Croatian national identity -- - The nation in social practice 1: Economy, football and Istria -- - The nation in social practice 2: Language, education and the Catholic Church -- - Conclusion: Competing claims to national identity "This volume assesses the formation of Croatian national identity in the 1990s. It develops a novel framework calling into question both primordial and modernist approaches to nationalism and national identity before applying that framework to Croatia. In doing so it provides a new way of thinking about how national identity is formed and why it is so important. An explanation is given of how Croatian national identity was formed in the abstract, via a historical narrative that traces centuries of yearning for a national state. The book shows how the government, opposition parties, dissident intellectuals and diaspora groups offered alternative accounts of this narrative in order to legitimise contemporary political programmes based on different visions of national identity. It then looks at how these debates were manifested in social activities as diverse as football and religion, economics and language. This volume marks an important contribution to both the way we study nationalism and national identity, and our understanding of post-Yugoslav politics and society"--Publisher's description |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 211 pages) |
| ISBN: | 071906502X 1280734477 1423706501 184779078X 9780719065026 9781280734472 9781423706502 9781847790781 |