Title:Polish Risorgimento: Visions of the modern Polish nation and their Italian foundations
Author(s):JUREK, LidiaDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The book offers an opportunity to look at the genesis of national identity as it was constructed in a specific stateless and multicultural context through cultural transfer and the impact of the contemporary media. It ...
Title:The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt, 1555-1590
Author(s):VAN GELDEREN, MartinDate:1992Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book is a comprehensive study of the history of the political thought of the Dutch Revolt (1555-90). It explores the development of the political ideas which motivated and legitimized the Dutch resistance against the ...
Title:Politics of Diversity: Sexual and Religious Self-fashioning in Contemporary and Historical Contexts
Author(s):CALVI, Giulia; FADIL, Nadia; FALEK, Pascale; MICCOLI, Dario; MOSCHEL, Mathias; STORNIG, KatharinaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HECAbstract:Scott’s seminal book ‘Politics of the Veil’ (2007) offers a multifaceted analysis of the French headscarf debate since its emergence in 1989 and a critique of French republican universalism which constructs veiled women ...