Department of History and Civilization (HEC): Recent submissions
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Title:A Scandinavian way of adoption? : a comparative historical study of transnational adoption in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden during the late half of the 20th century Author(s):ERIKSEN, Kasper Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; HEC; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis examines transnational adoption in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from a comparative historical perspective in the context of the Nordic welfare state. The international research on transnational adoption is heavily ...
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Title:De la modernité de l’exception-comme-règle à la possibilité d’un véritable état d’exception : Walter Benjamin, penseur contemporain de l’exception Author(s):MIGLIORINI, Anna Date:2024Citation:Trajectoires, 2024, No. 17, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Walter Benjamin reflects on the state of exception on several but scattered occasions. In Über den Begriff der Geschichte from 1940 he proposes a relevant dichotomy between the "state of exception as rule", under which he ...
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Title:The unusual suspects of social change : the sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary in late Austrian Galicia Author(s):GRUZIEL, DominikaDate:2023Citation:Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte, 2023, Vol. 36, No. 1, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:The article joins the research on early twentieth century Catholicism’s transformation to meet challenges of rapidly alternating socio-economic conditions, respond to its ideological competitors, and, finally, rebuff the ...
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Title:Russia against modernity Author(s):ETKIND, Alexander Date:2023Citation:Cambridge : Polity Press, 2023Type:BookAbstract:Putin's war is a "special operation" against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labor. By trading ...
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Title:De republica saeculari : the architectonic of freedom and the temporal Republic of Algernon Sidney Author(s):ASHBY, Thomas Albert Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; HEC; PhD ThesisAbstract:During the twentieth century a flurry of historical and theoretical studies contributed to a renewed and sustained scholarship on English republicanism and the political thought of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). This literature ...