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Imagining an Austrian Nation
Ian Reifowitz
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Hardcover. This book examines an Austrian identity based on a civic, rather than an ethnic conception of a national community. It analyzes the ideas of Joseph Samuel Bloch, an Austrian Jewish writer and politician, and compares them to those of other Austrian political thinkers of various ethnic and political backgrounds in order to discover how these individuals imagined a supraethnic Austrian nation. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
This book examines attempts to cultivate an Austrian identity based on a civic rather than an ethnic conception of a national community. It focuses on the ideas of Joseph Samuel Bloch, an Austrian-Jewish writer and politician who sought to cultivate a civic identity to unify the nationalities of multiethnic Austria. Bloch called for a hyphenated Austrian consciousness that respected the desire to protect pre-existing ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic bonds while building transethnic ties based on citizenship. This study also analyzes the ideas of his mentor, Adolf Fischhof, another Austrian-Jewish reform-minded politician. Finally, it compares Bloch's ideas to those of ... Read more
This book examines attempts to cultivate an Austrian identity based on a civic rather than an ethnic conception of a national community. It focuses on the ideas of Joseph Samuel Bloch, an Austrian-Jewish writer and politician who sought to cultivate a civic identity to unify the nationalities of multiethnic Austria. Bloch called for a hyphenated Austrian consciousness that respected the desire to protect pre-existing ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic bonds while building transethnic ties based on citizenship. This study also analyzes the ideas of his mentor, Adolf Fischhof, another Austrian-Jewish reform-minded politician. Finally, it compares Bloch's ideas to those of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Bradenton, United States
ISBN
9780880335294
SKU
V9780880335294
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About Ian Reifowitz
Ian Reifowitz is an assistant professor of history at the State University of New York, Empire State College.
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