
The Anthems of East-Central Europe
Reflections on the History of a National Symbol
- 184 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book juxtaposes national anthems of thirteen countries from central Europe, with the aim of initiating a dialogue among the peoples of East-Central Europe.
We tend to perceive a national anthem as a particular mirror, involuntarily reflecting an image of nation and homeland; but how does it represent the community for whom it sounds? To answer this question, the book deploys a comparative approach – anthems are presented in the light of those of neighbouring countries, with the conviction that one of the key features of true Europeanness is good relations between neighbours. The development trajectory of the modern nation is the context in which the book examines the history of such national symbols, alongside the symbolic content of poetry, images of the homeland and nation depicted in the anthems, as well as the sometimes longer processes which led to the adoption and legal codification of current state symbols.
The Anthems of East-Central Europe will be a great resource for researchers, journalists, college and university students, politicians trying to impact emigrees from this region and emigrees themselves.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Dialogue of Anthems
- 1 Nationalism and Nation-Building in East-Central Europe
- 2 National Symbols and Myths
- 3 The National Anthem
- 4 Collective Symbols: Anthem Archetypes
- 5 The Poem-Symbols of National Representation
- 6 The “Interaction” of Anthems
- 7 Images of Homeland and Nation in the Anthems
- 8 National History and Its Heroes
- 9 Symbols of Space in the Anthems
- 10 Paths to the Rank of National Anthem
- 11 After the Second World War
- Appendix: Anthems and National Symbol-Poems
- Bibliography
- Index