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The Origins of Nationalism
In this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on extensive study of written and visual sources dating from the ancient to the early modern period, the author re-integrates the history of pre-modern Europe into the study of nationalism, describing it as an unintended and unavoidable consequence of the legacy of Roman imperialism in the Middle Ages. Hirschi identifies the earliest nationalists among Renaissance humanists, exploring their public roles and ambitions to offer new insight into the history of political scholarship in Europe and arguing that their adoption of ancient role models produced massive contradictions between their self-image and political function. This book demonstrates that only through understanding the development of the politics, scholarship and art of pre-modern Europe can we fully grasp the global power of nationalism in a modern political context.
The Origins of Nationalism
In this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on extensive study of written and visual sources dating from the ancient to the early modern period, the author re-integrates the history of pre-modern Europe into the study of nationalism, describing it as an unintended and unavoidable consequence of the legacy of Roman imperialism in the Middle Ages. Hirschi identifies the earliest nationalists among Renaissance humanists, exploring their public roles and ambitions to offer new insight into the history of political scholarship in Europe and arguing that their adoption of ancient role models produced massive contradictions between their self-image and political function. This book demonstrates that only through understanding the development of the politics, scholarship and art of pre-modern Europe can we fully grasp the global power of nationalism in a modern political context.
Memory in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
In early modern Europe, memory of the past served as a main frame of moral, political, legal, religious, and social reference for people of all walks of life. This volume examines how Europeans practiced memory between 1500 and 1800, and how these three centuries saw a shift in how people engaged with the past.
The Oxford History of Modern German Theology, Volume 1: 1781-1848
From the closing decades of the eighteenth century, German theology has been a major intellectual force within modern western thought, closely connected to important developments in idealism, romanticism, historicism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics. Despite its influential legacy, however, no recent attempts have sought to offer an overview of its history and development. Oxford History of Modern German Theology, Vol. I: 1781-1848, the first of a three-volume series, provides the most comprehensive multi-authored overview of German theology from the period from 1781-1848. Kaplan and Vander Schel cover categories frequently omitted from earlier overviews of the time period, such as the place...
Skandalexperten, Expertenskandale
Das Wort der Wissenschaft hat in der Öffentlichkeit Gewicht. Umso attraktiver ist es für demokratisch gewählte Politiker, sich bei ihren Entscheidungen auf Experten zu berufen. Experten erhalten dadurch eine privilegierte Position in der Gesellschaft, und es mehren sich Stimmen, die vor dem Umkippen der Demokratie in eine "Expertokratie" warnen. Die Auswirkungen für die Wissenschaft finden dabei kaum Beachtung. Ihre Vertreter eignen sich als Skandalfiguren, an denen sich der Volkszorn abreagieren und die Politik schadlos halten kann – eine Entwicklung, die für die ganze Wissenschaft, gerade in antielitären Zeiten, zur Gefahr zu werden droht. In seiner großen Untersuchung rekonstruiert Caspar Hirschi die Geburt des Experten im Frankreich Ludwigs XIV. und veranschaulicht an faszinierenden "Expertenskandalen" aus Geschichte und Gegenwart, welche Risiken eine an politischen Interessen ausgerichtete Wissenschaft eingeht. Eine brisante Analyse mit wissenschaftspolitischer Sprengkraft und ein wichtiger Baustein für die Selbstkritik einer Wissenschaft, deren Vertreter den Platz am Tisch der Entscheider der Rolle des öffentlichen Kritikers immer häufiger vorziehen.
The Early Reformation in Germany
Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an interest in the ’long’ or ’delayed’ Reformations, and the structure and operation of the Holy Roman Empire. Whilst this focus has resulted in many fascinating new insights, it has also led to the relative neglect of the early Reformation movement. Put together with the explicit purpose of encouraging scholars to reengage with the early ’storm years’ of the German Reformation, this collection of eleven essays by Tom Scott, explores several issues in the historiography of the early Reformation which have not been adequately addressed. The debate over the nat...
Contesting Europe
This collective volume examines the prevalence and variability of early modern discourses on Europe; it considers both Latin and vernacular texts from various fields of study in order to shed new light on how the concept of Europe evolved in its early days.
Hollywood Sports Movies and the American Dream
"Through the heart of Hollywood cinema runs a surprising current of progressive politics. Sports movies, a genre that has flourished since the mid-seventies, evoke the American dream and represent the nation to itself. Once considered mere credos for Reaganism, on closer view, movies from Rocky (1976) to Ali (2001) dream of democratic participation and recognition more than individual success. In every case, off-field relationships take precedence over on-field competition. Arranged chronologically, this critical study of six major sports films also tells the story of multiculturalism's gradual adoption. The mainstream's first minority heroes are paradoxically white ethnic, rural, working-cl...
Whose Love of Which Country?
The volume, stemming from the long-term cooperation of scholars working on East Central European intellectual history, discusses the patterns of patriotic and national identification in the light of the multiplicity of levels of ethnic, cultural and political allegiances characterizing this region in the early modern period.
Managing the Wealth of Nations
This pioneering work debunks the neoliberal origin myth of how capitalism came into the world.
