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Introduction To "Migration And The Crisis Of The Modern Nation State", Frank Jacob, Adam Luedtke Oct 2017

Introduction To "Migration And The Crisis Of The Modern Nation State", Frank Jacob, Adam Luedtke

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Introduction to an anthology dealing with the interrelationship between migration and a supposedly existing crisis of the modern nation state.


Teaching The French Revolution From A Global Perspective, Frank Jacob Apr 2017

Teaching The French Revolution From A Global Perspective, Frank Jacob

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The French Revolution (1789-1799) is a process of events in world history that had a tremendous global impact. Regardless of this fact, it is, however, still rather taught in its European context. Without this revolution, it seems, Western modernity could not be the same and many countries in Europe remember the impact of the events at the beginning of the so called “long” 19th century in their national historiographies. While the First World War, called “the seminal catastrophe”3 of the 20th century by George F. Kennan (1904-2005) in the late 1970s, marks the end of this long century, the French …


World Wide Enough: Historiography, Imagination, And Stagecraft, Benjamin L. Carp Jan 2017

World Wide Enough: Historiography, Imagination, And Stagecraft, Benjamin L. Carp

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The Jews Of Italy (1650-1815), Francesca Bregoli Jan 2017

The Jews Of Italy (1650-1815), Francesca Bregoli

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La France Contemporaine Face Au Défi De La Créolisation, Nathalie Etoke Jan 2017

La France Contemporaine Face Au Défi De La Créolisation, Nathalie Etoke

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Inspired by Jane Gordon's book, Creolizing Political Theory: Reading Rousseau through Fanon, this article examines the paradoxes of Creolization within the French context. How do post-colonial French identities of Maghrebi, Sub-Saharan African or Caribbean descent Creolize French society? Instead of being an opportunity that must be seized by the Nation, why is creolization perceived as an imminent threat to the Republic? How can one think of Creolizing politics in the former colonial power? How does Creolization compel us to rethink how we live together? And how does it require us to rethink freedom and equality for all? These are …