Creating the other ethnic conflict and nationalism in Habsburg Central Europe

• Main Author: Wingfield, Nancy M
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Berghahn Books 2004; Berghahn Books, Incorporated
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Austrian and Habsburg studies
• Subjects: 1789-1900; 19th century; 20th century; Austria; Austria-Ethnic relations; Austria-Politics and government-1789-1900; Central Europe; Ethnic relations; Europe, Central; Europe, Central-Ethnic relations; Europe, Central-Politics and government; Government; History; Interethnic relations; Nationalism; Nationalism > Europe, Central > History > 19th century; Nationalism > Europe, Central > History > 20th century; Politics; Politics and government; Racism; Racism > Europe, Central > History > 19th century; Racism > Europe, Central > History > 20th century; Sociology
• ISBN: 1571813845; 9781571813848; 9781571813855; 1571813853

The historic myths of a people/nation usually play an important role in the creation and consolidation of the basic concepts from which the self-image of that nation derives. These concepts include not only images of the nation itself, but also images of other peoples. Although the construction of ethnic stereotypes during the "long" nineteenth century initially had other functions than simply the homogenization of the particular culture and the exclusion of "others" from the public sphere, the evaluation of peoples according to criteria that included "level of civilization" yielded "rankings" of ethnic groups within the Habsburg Monarchy. That provided the basis for later, more divisive ethnic characterizations of exclusive nationalism, as addressed in this volume that examines the roots and results of ethnic, nationalist, and racial conflict in the region from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives.