{"product_id":"rampart-nations-bulwark-myths-of-east-european-multiconfessional-societies-in-the-age-of-nationalism-9781789201475","title":"Rampart Nations: Bulwark Myths of East European","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe “bulwark” or antemurale myth—whereby a region is imagined as a defensive barrier against a dangerous Other—has been a persistent strand in the development of Eastern European nationalisms. While historical studies of the topic have typically focused on clashes and overlaps between sociocultural and religious formations, \u003cem\u003eRampart Nations\u003c\/em\u003e delves deeper to uncover the mutual transfers and multi-sided national and interconfessional conflicts that helped to spread bulwark myths through Europe’s eastern periphery over several centuries. Ranging from art history to theology to political science, this volume offers new ways of understanding the political, social, and religious forces that continue to shape identity in Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Over thirteen case-studies, grouped loosely by theme and chronology, editors Liliya Berezhnaya and Heidi Hein-Kircher have brought together a readable collection, with a welcome coherence, thanks to its narrowness of theme— which is unpacked in two prefatory essays and a conclusion.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• English Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“As this volume shows so well, bulwark myths persist in many places. Rampart Nations is an excellent guide to a problem that shows no signs of going away.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Hungarian Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a very strong assortment of essays from a well-chosen and varied team of international collaborators…an excellent and eloquent contribution to a topic that is only becoming more relevant both within historiography and the modern political context. The editors deserve praise not only for the commendable work in putting together this cooperative piece but also for the admirable introduction, which provides a thorough discussion of the available scholarly literature on the antemurale myth.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Quaestio Rossica\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume does not simply offer a study on the history of nationalism in Eastern Europe, but also shows how history is still alive today and informs our everyday lives. As such, Rampart Nations is a great resource for students and scholars of both historical and contemporary Eastern Europe.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Slavic \u0026amp; East European Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This collection contributes a great deal to the relativizing of the different ideas of bulwarks. By contrasting these the volume makes the commonalities more visible.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sehepunkte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume is a successful example of how History can offer insights into political challenges of the present…The quality of the contributions is excellent throughout, as are the numerous cross references, indicating the competent work done by the editors. The volume as a whole but also because of the quality of the individual contributions is to be recommended unreservedly.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This edited volume provides the reader with a fresh and engaging perspective on the issue of contact zones in Eastern Europe. It gives readers great insights on new and exciting interpretations of transnational history in the region through a well-researched and fascinating assemblage of texts.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Candadian Slavonic Papers\/Revue Canadienne des Slavistes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume is an outstanding piece of scholarship as it offers a glimpse beyond the rampart to readers from this part of the continent and beyond. It makes clear the immense complexity of the task of legitimising the presence and depicting the role of particular nations in this part of Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Acta Poloniae Historica\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Questions about borders are a familiar topic on news and social media sites: who controls borders, where they should be located, and which side are you on.\u003c\/em\u003e Rampart Nations \u003cem\u003eis a timely anthology of essays on borders and borderlands, addressing the antemurale (bulwark) myth in Eastern Europe. The volume illuminates the historicity of the myth while also identifying how the concept continues to have contemporary meaning and purpose”.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Russian Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The contributions in this volume are immensely valuable and include some of the most innovative and best-argued texts I have read in the field.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Piotr H. Kosicki\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eRampart Nations \u003cem\u003eis a worthy compilation that will interest historians and other scholars. It contains solid scholarship on a subject that deserves attention, adding to our knowledge and understanding of European history and how current society has evolved.\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cstrong\u003e• Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Waterloo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on Transliteration and Toponyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: BACKGROUND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Constructing a Rampart Nation: Conceptual Framework\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLiliya Berezhnaya and Heidi Hein-Kircher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Origins of \u003cem\u003eAntemurale Christianitatis\u003c\/em\u003e Myths: Remarks on the Promotion of a Political Concept\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKerstin Weiand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: (DE-)SACRALIZING AND NATIONALIZING BORDERLANDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a Bulwark, But a Part of the Larger Catholic Community: The Romanian Greek Catholic Church in Transylvania (1700–1850)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCiprian Ghisa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Securitizing the Polish Bulwark:The Mission of Lviv in Polish Travel Guides During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHeidi Hein-Kircher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ghetto as an \"Inner \u003cem\u003eAntemurale\u003c\/em\u003e\"? Debates on Exclusion, Integration, and Identity in Galicia in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJürgen Heyde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Holy Ground and a Bulwark against \"the Other”: The (Re)Construction of an Orthodox Crimea in the Nineteenth-Century Russian Empire\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKerstin S. Jobst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bastions of Faith in the Oceans of Ambiguities: Monasteries in the East European Borderlands (Late Nineteenth– Beginning of the Twentieth Century)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLiliya Berezhnaya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e \"The Turkish Wall:\" Turkey as an Anti-Communist and Anti-Russian Bulwark in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZaur Gasimov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: PROMOTING \u003cem\u003eANTEMURALE\u003c\/em\u003e DISCOURSES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Why Didn’t the \u003cem\u003eAntemurale\u003c\/em\u003e Historical Mythology Develop in Early Nineteenth-Century Ukraine?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVolodymyr Kravchenko\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Translating the Border(s) in a Multilingual and Multiethnic Society: \u003cem\u003eAntemurale\u003c\/em\u003e Myths in Polish and Ukrainian Schoolbooks of the Habsburg Monarchy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePhilipp Hofeneder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mediating the \u003cem\u003eAntemurale\u003c\/em\u003e Myth in East Central Europe: Religion and Politics in Modern Geographers' Entangled Lives and Maps\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteven Seegel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bulwarks of Anti-Bolshevism: Russophobic Polemic of the Christian Right in Poland and Hungary in the Interwar Years and Their Roots in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Srodecki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Defenders of the Russian Land: Viktor Vasnetsov's \u003cem\u003eWarriors\u003c\/em\u003e and Russia’s Bulwark Myth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephen M. Norris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: REFLECTIONS ON THE BULWARK MYTHS TODAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAntemurale\u003c\/em\u003e Thinking as Historical Myth and Ethnic Boundary Mechanism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePål Kolstø\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Concluding Thoughts on Central and Eastern European Bulwark Rhetoric in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePaul Srodecki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042551169367,"sku":"9781789201475","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789201475.jpg?v=1750954599","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rampart-nations-bulwark-myths-of-east-european-multiconfessional-societies-in-the-age-of-nationalism-9781789201475","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}