Culture and Conflict: Nation-Building in Denmark and Scandinavia 1800-1930 Krogh Sine
Cultural differences are often the trigger for conflict - whether politically motivated or arising from dissonant understandings of national culture. But what we regard as distinctive today in our…
Specifikacia Culture and Conflict: Nation-Building in Denmark and Scandinavia 1800-1930 Krogh Sine
Cultural differences are often the trigger for conflict - whether politically motivated or arising from dissonant understandings of national culture. But what we regard as distinctive today in our cultural heritage or day-to-day cultural experience is deeply rooted in the rich diversity of the national currents of the nineteenth century. Culture and Conflict: Nation-building in Denmark and Scandinavia, 1800-1930 explores the many strands of Danish and Scandinavian culture that helped to shape these cultural identities. The sixteen contributions in this volume analyse how competing national agendas influenced the development of political life as well as literature, the visual arts, and music. A central theme is the cultural conflicts that formed an essential part of nineteenth-century nation-building. Culturally as well as politically, boundaries were drawn up, ideologies were