Cultural Borders of Europe : : Narratives, Concepts and Practices in the Present and the Past / / ed. by Mats Andrén, Katharina Vajta, Ingmar Söhrman, Thomas Lindkvist.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Andrén, Mats,; Berg, Linda,; Cornell, Per,; Fehlen, Fernand,; Grinell, Klas,; Järlehed, Johan,; Larsson, Göran,; Leppänen, Katarina,; Lindkvist, Thomas,; Loester, Barbara,; Spielhaus, Riem,; Söhrman, Ingmar,; Vajta, Katharina,; Wittrock, Jon,
• HerausgeberIn: Andrén, Mats,; Lindkvist, Thomas,; Söhrman, Ingmar,; Vajta, Katharina,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Making Sense of History ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)

The cultural borders of Europe are today more visible than ever, and with them comes a sense of uncertainty with respect to liberal democratic traditions: whether treated as abstractions or concrete realities, cultural divisions challenge concepts of legitimacy and political representation as well as the legal bases for citizenship. Thus, an understanding of such borders and their consequences is of utmost importance for promoting the evolution of democracy. Cultural Borders of Europe provides a wide-ranging exploration of these lines of demarcation in a variety of regions and historical eras, providing essential insights into the state of European intercultural relations today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Part I The Challenges of Religious Borders -- 1. Territorial and Religious Identifications in Europe -- 2. Europe with or without Muslims: Creating and Maintaining Cultural Boundaries -- 3. Ilm al-Hududiyya: Un-Inheriting Eurocentricity -- Part II Linguistic Borders in Practice -- 4. When the Intercultural Goes National: Textbooks as Sites of Struggle -- 5. The Pluricentric Borders of Bavaria -- 6. The Influence of Imagined Linguistic Performances -- Part III Mental Spaces and Barriers -- 7. Mental Barriers Replacing Nation-State Borders -- 8. Crossing Borders and Redefining Oneself: The Treacherous Life of Aino Kallas -- 9. Evolving Symbolic Divides in Basque Language Promotion Logos -- Part IV Scholars Making Borders -- 10. The Controversial Concept of European Identity -- 11. The EU as a ‘Large Space’? Carl Schmitt and the Contemporary Dilemmas of Political Rituals and Cultural Borders -- 12. How Prehistory Becomes Crucial for Border Making -- Conclusion -- Index