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Multiculturalism: lessons from the past

Author(s): Jan Surman
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Central Europe; multuculturalism; postcolonial theory

Summary/Abstract: Review: Understanding Multiculturalism. The Habsburg Central European Experience, ed. Johannes Feichtinger, Gary B. Cohen, Berghahn, Oxford–New York, 2014 (Austrian and Habsburg Studies 17), pp. 246 While recently the concept of multiculturalism has been an object of strong criticism from the political side, the book under review takes another turn scrutinizing and historicizing it. Looking at Central Europe through the lenses of nonessentialism, postcolonialism or national indifference, multiple authors propose not only new ways of reading the history of the region, but also of establishing categories for the future research in historical cultural studies.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 245-250
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish