Late Enlightenment: Emergence of the Modern 'National Idea' (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789637326523)

This volume represents the first in a four-volume series, a daring project by CEU Press which presents the most important texts that triggered and shaped the processes of nation-building in the many countries of Central and Southeast Europe. The series brings together scholars from Austria, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. The editors have created a new interpretative synthesis that challenges the self-centered and "isolationist" historical narratives and educational canons prevalent in the region, in the spirit of of "coming to terms with the past."

The main aim of the venture is to confront 'mainstream' and seemingly successful national discourses with each other, thus creating a space for analyzing those narratives of identity which became institutionalized as "national canons." The series will broaden the field of possible comparisons of the respective national cultures.


Author: Bal痙s Trencs駭yi
ISBN-10: 9637326529
ISBN-13: 9789637326523
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2006
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.34w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 49