New Actors in Central & Southeast Europe on Religion, Authenticity & Belonging
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/10/2012
What happens to people's sense of belonging when globalisation meets with proclaimed regional identities resting heavily on conceptions of religion and ethnicity? Who are the actors stressing cultural heritage and authenticity as tools for self-understanding? In this book the authors aim at a broad discussion on how history and religion are made part of the production of narratives about origin and belonging in contemporary Europe. The contributors offer localised studies where actors with strong agendas indicate the complex relations between history, religion, and identity. The case studies exemplify how public intellectuals and academics have taken active part in the construction of recent and traditional pasts. Instead of repeating the simplistic explanation as a "return of religion", the authors of this volume focus on public platforms and agents, and their use of religion as a political and cultural argument. The approach makes a nuanced and fresh survey for researchers and other initiated readers to engage in.
- ISBN:
- 9789187121852
- 9789187121852
- Category:
- Religion: general
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-10-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Nordic Academic Press
- Country of origin:
- Sweden
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions (mm):
- 150x225x28mm
- Weight:
- 0.67kg
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