On the east-west slope : globalization, nationalism, racism and discourses on Eastern Europe / by Attila Melegh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melegh, Attila.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Europe.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Europe.

Europe--Economic integration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 220 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Melegh's work offers a powerful analysis of the sociological and symbolic meanings of East-West in Europe after the end of the Cold War. Melegh exposes the underbelly of liberal characterizations of East-West, highlighting the polarizing effect of extreme nationalism and ethnic racism. The theoretical underpinnings of this work involve the ideas of preeminent theorists such as Karl Mannheim, Michel Foucault and more recently Maria Todorova and Iver Neumann. The importance of this work lies in its ability to cast into fine relief how the "East-West Slope" oriented negatively from West to East has emerged from liberal characterizations of this project. In addition this is one of the first attempts to link post-colonial analysis to developments in Eastern Europe.

Contents:

Liberal humanitarian utopia and Eastern and Central Europe

Exclusions "east" and "west" : population discourses and the civilizational slope

Floating east : Eastern and Central Europe on the map of global institutional actors

I am suspicious of myself : east-west narratives at the turn of the millenium

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72110-9

615-5053-77-4

1-281-37687-6

9786611376871

1-4237-6962-7

9781003721109

OCLC:

922997918

Publisher Number:

2027/heb09342 hdl