Nation between Tragedy and Idyll
Nation between Tragedy and Idyll
Author(s): Boyan Manchev
Subject(s): Nationalism Studies
Published by: Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS)
Keywords: nature vs. culture;
Summary/Abstract: This essay analyses how national ideologies use the basic opposition of modernity, i.e., the opposition between nature and culture. I will discuss two main modes of usage: the tragic and idyllic. The aim of the paper is to shed light on their structural dimensions and their complex double bind, which exemplifi es the structural nexus of modernity.
Series: CAS Sofia Working Papers
- Page Count: 15
- Publication Year: 2007
- Language: English
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