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The Ambivalence of Identity
The Ambivalence of Identity examines nation-building in Austria and uses the Austrian experience to explore the conceptual foundations of nationhood. Traditionally, Hapsburg, Austria, has provided the background for these works. In the course of this study it should become clear that Republican Austria is as valuable in understanding national identity as its monarchic predecessor. Historical interpretations to Austrian nation-building gives the Austrian experience special relevance for the larger debate about the nature of history. Such aspects in the analysis of the post-war Austrian nation-building are the role of consciousness during the building process, the role of neighboring countries, and the role of World War II.
L'Autriche, treizième des douze
Dans ce livre, l’auteur fait le tour des problèmes auxquels reste confrontée l’Autriche au cours de ce vingtième siècle finissant : entre les démons du passé et la défense de son identité, il s’agit de trouver la voie qui conduit vers l’horizon 2000. Dans l’Europe du XXIe siècle, l’Autriche pourra-t-elle sauvegarder sa spécificité nationale qui s’exprime aussi bien dans sa tradition sociale, ses institutions républicaines et sa culture dans les domaines littéraire, musical et artistique ? Dans un monde en ébullition, plein de vicissitudes et de dangers, l’Autriche ne pourra pas rester cette « île des bienheureux » dont rêvaient naguère sa population et ses dirigeants. Mais pourra-t-elle profiter de sa situation géopolitique particulière au centre de l’Europe, pour se prévaloir d’une fonction à laquelle aspirent ses meilleurs fils ? Celle d’un courtier honnête entre diverses sphères et cultures qui, tout en étant intégré dans la communauté internationale, peut faire rayonner un esprit marqué au coin d’un humanisme universel. Question aussi pertinente que lancinante.
La culture, une résistance subversive
Dans cet essai, Félix Kreissler, viennois d’origine, historien et spécialiste de l’Autriche porte sur la culture autrichienne « établie » de notre siècle, depuis la Vienne 1900 jusqu’à nos jours, un regard à la fois chaleureux et sans complaisance, en quête de ce qui, au-delà des clichés convenus, est à ses yeux l’élément constitutif majeur d’une culture constamment en débat et que l’on découvre ici sous un jour nouveau.
Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity
When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new identity based on being a "victim" of Nazi Germany. Cold war Austria, however, envisioned herself as a neutral "island of the blessed" between and separate from both superpower blocs. Now, with her membership in the European Union secured, Austria is reconstructing her painful historical memory and national identity. In 1996 she celebrates her 1000-year anniversary. In this volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies, Franz Mathis and Brigitte Mazohl...
Austria in the New Europe
First published in 1993, Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS) is an academic publication appealing to a broad intellectual audience and fostering a multiplicity of views and perspectives. CAS's typical format features a number of essays on a special topic such as the impact of post-Cold War geopolitical developments and European integration on Austria in this issue (volume II will feature “A First Assessment of the Kreisky Era;” volume III will deal with “Austria in the 1950s”). Usually one or two “non-topical” essays will complete the main part.
Austria in the Twentieth Century
These fourteen essays by leading Austrian historians and political scientists serve as a basic introduction to a small but sometimes trend-setting European country. They provide a basic up-to-date outline of Austria's political history, shedding light on economic and social trends as well. No European country has experienced more dramatic turning points in its twentieth-century history than Austria. This volume divides the century into three periods. The five essays of Section I deal with the years 1900-1938. Under the relative tranquility of the late Habsburg monarchy seethed a witch's brew of social and political trends, signaling the advent of modernity and leading to the outbreak of Worl...
