Geography and National Identity - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631189351 ISBN 13 : 9780631189350

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

This volume of essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto-national identity. Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other. Yet, as this volume shows, the articulated self-conscious linking of place and identity is, by and large, a modern phenomenon that took root in 19th-century Europe. The formation of supranational states and the much vaunted globalization of culture led many to believe there would be a progressive dilution of national identities and a growing agglomeration of places and nations into larger state units. Precisely the reverse has taken place. This book explores the connections between identity and homeland, showing how a place may be perceived as archetypal, endowed with love and celebrated in music and poetry, yet be a pretext for violence and war. It examines the evolution of ideas about identity and their manifestations in a wide variety of settings, from the former Soviet Union to the island states of the South Pacific.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume of especially commissioned essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto–national identity.
Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other. Yet, as this volume shows, the articulated self–conscious linking of place and identity is by and large a modern phenomenon that took root in nineteenth–century Europe. The formation of supranational states and the much vaunted globalization of culture led many to believe there would be a progressive dilution of national identities and a growing agglomeration of places and nations into larger state units. Precisely the reverse has taken place.
This book explores the connections between identity and homeland, showing how a place may be perceived as archetypal, endowed with love and celebrated in music and poetry, yet be a pretext for violence and war. It examines the evolution of ideas about identity and their manifestations in a wide variety of settings, from the former Soviet Union to the island states of the South Pacific.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631189351
• ISBN 13: 9780631189350
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Hooson David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible