This book carefully examines the historical roots of contemporary Western prejudices against both Muslims and Turks, and presents an original theory of collective identity as dramatic re-enactment as a means of understanding the remarkable persistence of medieval stereotypes.



Autorentext
PAUL T. LEVIN is Program Director for Governance and Management Training and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Stockholm University.


Inhalt
Studying Narrative Identities in History: Theory and Method Exclusive Identities and Military Defeat: From First Encounters to the High Middle Ages (c. 632-1050) Inclusive Identities and Military Expansion: Latin Christendom in The High Middle Ages (c. 1050-1350) 'Europe' and 'the Turk': The Renaissance and the Reformation 'Mahomet the Imposter ' : Old and New in 17th and 18th-century European Images of Islam 'The Cruel Turk' and EUtopia Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Imagining Alternatives Appendix: Party Groups in the European Parliament
Titel
Turkey and the European Union
Untertitel
Christian and Secular Images of Islam
EAN
9780230119574
ISBN
978-0-230-11957-4
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
20.06.2011
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
2.49 MB
Anzahl Seiten
278
Jahr
2011
Untertitel
Englisch