Research Catalog

Title

The Austrian nation : cultural consciousness and socio-political processes / Ernst Bruckmüller ; translated and with an afterword by Lowell A. Bangerter.

Author

Bruckmüller, Ernst.

Publication

Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Description

480 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"The Austrian Nation: Cultural Consciousness and Socio-Political Processes, is a translation of a revised and significantly expanded edition of a work that first appeared in 1984. Through historical analysis and evaluation of social research, Ernst Bruckmuller examines a broad variety of factors that have contributed to the evolution of modern Austria as a uniquely defined political, cultural, and social entity. The resulting study not only presents a detailed portrait of Austria, its inhabitants in their historical context, and the nation's role in Europe and the world, but also a wealth of reference information pertaining to every detail of Austrian life."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought

Uniform Title

• Nation Österreich. English
• Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought.

Alternative Title

Nation Österreich.

Subject

• National characteristics, Austrian
• Nationalism > Austria
• Austria > Historiography
• Austria > Cultural policy
• Austria > Politics and government

Note

• Translation of: Nation Österreich : kulturelles Bewusstsein und gesellschaftlich-politische Prozesse.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-447) and indexes.

Contents

I. Introduction -- 1. The Anniversaries -- 2. Myth, History, Ethnic Consciousness -- 3. From Ethnic Group to Nation -- 4. Nation Today -- 5. Conclusions and Questions -- II. Controversies and Data -- 1. Political and Journalistic Arguments -- 2. Historical Discourse -- 3. The Results of Empirical Social Research -- III. Myths, Images, Stereotypes -- 1. The Austrian Symbol Inventory -- 2. Self-Images and Foreign Images -- 3. Demarcations -- IV. Processes Contributing to the Formation of Ethnic Groups and the Nation in Austrian History -- 1. Provinces and Provincial Consciousness -- 2. Habsburg Absolutism and the Hofrat Nation -- 3. The Formation of the Non-German Nations of the Monarchy 1848-1918: Language Nationalism and the Problem of Identity I -- 4. The German Austrians from the Holy Roman to the Pan-Germanic Empire: Language Nationalism and the Problem of Identity II -- 5. The Failed Revolutions and the Bureaucratic Democracy -- IV. Nation, Symbol, and History -- 1. The Imagination of National Unity -- 2. The Rise of the National Symbolic World -- 3. Historicism and Nationalism -- 4. The Institutions of Myth Creation -- 5. Integration, Disintegration, and Collective Memory -- 6. On the Genesis of a Republican Austrian National Consciousness -- 7. Symbol Inventory, Integration, and Participation.

ISBN

1572411155

LCCN

2002028210

OCLC

ocm50403721

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries