Understanding Multiculturalism : The Habsburg Central European Experience
Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is u...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated,
2014
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Austrian and Habsburg Studies
v.17 |
| Schlagworte: | Austria ; Ethnic relations ; History Europe, Central ; Ethnic relations ; History Multiculturalism ; Austria ; History Multiculturalism ; Europe, Central ; History National characteristics, Austrian National characteristics, Central European Electronic books Österreich Mitteleuropa Multikulturelle Gesellschaft mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is under attack for its relativizing, particularist, and essentializing implications. The essays in this collection offer a nuanced analysis of the multifaceted cultural experience of Central Europe under the late Habsburg monarchy and beyond. The authors examine how culturally coded social spaces can be described and understood historically without adopting categories formerly employed to justify the definition and separation of groups into nations, ethnicities, or homogeneous cultures. As we consider the issues of multiculturalism today, this volume offers new approaches to understanding multiculturalism in Central Europe freed of the effects of politically exploited concepts of social spaces. Intro -- Section I. Identity Formation in Multicultural Societies -- 1. Heterogeneities and Homogeneities -- 2. Mestizaje and Hybrid Culture -- 3. Do Multiple Languages Mean a Multicultural Society? -- Section II. The Dynamics of Multicultural Societies, Politics, and the State -- 4. Multiculturalism, Polish Style -- 5. Multiculturalism against the State -- 6. Migration in Austria -- Section III. Identities Expressed, Negotiated, and Challenged in Multicultural Settings -- 7. The Slice of Desire -- 8. On "Neighbors" and "Strangers -- 9. Culture as a Space of Communication -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781782382652 1782382658 9781782382645 178238264X |