The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe

This work focuses on the ideological intertwining between Czech, Magyar, Polish and Slovak, and the corresponding nationalisms steeped in these languages. The analysis is set against the earlier political and ideological history of these languages, and the panorama of the emergence and political uses of other languages of the region.

TOMASZ KAMUSELLA is Lecturer in Central European History at the University of St Andrews, UK, with a special interest in the issues of language politics, nationalism, ethnicity, and European integration. Recent books include Nationalisms Today (edited with K.Jaskulowski), Silesia and Central European Nationalisms and (co-edited in two-volumes) Nationalisms Across the Globe. In 2002-2006, he researched this new monograph, The Politics of Language and Nationalisms in Modern Central Europe, at the European University Institute, Florence; the John W. Kluge Centre at the Library of Congress, Washington DC; the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna; and the Herder-Institut, Marburg, Germany.

Foreword; P.Burke 
Author Preface
Introduction
Language in Central Europe: An Overview
The Broader Linguistic and Cultural Context of Central Europe
PART I: CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLITICS AND LANGUAGES IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
The Polish Case: From Natio to Nation
The Hungarian Case: From Natio to the Ersatz Nation-state
The Czech Case: From the Bohemian Slavophone Populus to Czech Nationalism and the Czechoslovak Nation
The Slovak Case: From Upper Hungary's Slavophone populus to Slovak nationalism and the Czechoslovak nation 
PART II: NATIONALISMS AND LANGUAGE IN THE SHORT TWENTIETH CENTURY
The Polish Nation: From a Multiethnic to an Ethnically Homogenous Nation-State
The Hungarian Nation: From Hungary to Magyarország
The Czech Nation: Between Czechoslovak and Czech Nationalism
The Slovak Nation: From Czechoslovakia to Slovakia,
Conclusion
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