When Culture Becomes Politics: European Identity in
ong>ISong>BN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pedersen, Thomas, PUBLong>ISong>HER: Aarhus Universong>itong>etsforlag, Taking ong>theong> problem of European identong>itong>y as hong>isong> point of departure Thomas Pedersen's book offers a new ong>theong>oretical perspective upon culture, identong>itong>y and nationalong>itong>y. Hong>isong> main argument ong>isong> that polong>itong>ics are more "culturalized" than we assume, and that culture ong>isong> more personalized than we recognize. Nationalong>itong>y ong>isong> becoming more personalized and hybrid and ong>isong> acquiring an aesong>theong>tic dimension as a side-effect of ong>theong> democratization of art. Cong>itong>izens in ong>theong> Western world and beyond are becoming symbol producers and culture producers, and far from simply taking ong>theong>ir cue from custom, contemporary cong>itong>izens ong>theong>refore increasingly take an active part in ong>theong> creation of national and supranational identong>itong>ies. Thong>isong> insight leads ong>theong> author to develop a new individual understanding of polong>itong>ics summarized in ong>theong> concept of integrong>isong>m and to advocate a polong>itong>ics of liberal culturalong>isong>m and integrong>isong>t cosmopolong>itong>anong>isong>m as an alternative to both post-modernong>isong>m and Samuel Huntington's holong>isong>tic, religious culturalong>isong>m. Buy Now