May I please draw colleagues' attention to the following title, which
has just been published by the University of Wales Press:
"Polemical Austria.
The Rhetorics of National Identity: From Empire to the Second Republic"
by Anthony Bushell
Austria today offers the picture of a small, neutral and economically
successful country in the heart of Europe; yet modern Austria is the
product of a complex and violent history. After the First World War,
Vienna changed overnight from being the capital of a large and
multi-ethnic empire to that of an alpine republic surrounded by larger
states. This study examines Austria’s transition from the former major
power to its latter militarily marginalised status, and asks how often
sudden and violent changes – including two world wars and one civil war
in the twentieth century – have been reflected in the way Austrians have
perceived themselves. While many studies map out the political events,
this study places special emphasis on the language used by Austrians as
they struggled to define themselves.
"Based on literary, historical and political texts, this book helps with
deconstructing the process of the formation of an Austrian identity,
which shrunk from an imperial entity to a small narrow subject in the
twentieth century. The author analyses this process not only through the
lenses of the capital Vienna, but from the perspective of the nine
provinces. This is a laudable benefit of his study and marks a new
approach in the field of Austrian studies. A necessary and inspiring
book for everyone engaged with Austria and the wider German culture."
Wolfgang Weber, Innsbruck University
"An engrossing book for both experts and general readers, polemical
Austria analyses literary, journalistic, and political texts, elegantly
demonstrating how competing Austrian identities since the holy roman
empire are enacted and not just reflected in rhetoric. Anthony Bushell
offers a trove of insights into how national and cultural identities are
negotiated in words."
Geoffrey C. Howes, Bowling Green State University
Anthony Bushell is professor of modern Languages (German) at Bangor
University, and a visiting scholar at St John’s College, University of
Oxford.
June 2013
£75 • HB
ISBN 9780708326046
216x138mm • 314pp
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