The Impact of the New Nationalism and Identity Politics on Cultural Policy-Making In Europe and Beyond

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Fuelled by factors such as globalisation, European integration and migration, there is evidence of a resurgence of nationalism in Europe and beyond. This trend is being increasingly revitalised in national and regional cultural policy-making, often linked to a new focus on politics of national identity. At worst a future scenario of Europe might be an internationalization of nationalism which tends to colonize art, culture and "the whole way of life". To change this cultural lens requires a new narrative of Europe. It requires scientific cultural research, knowledge and insight, if the ghosts of nationalism in the new Europe must be rendered harmless.

Translated title of the contributionNeonationalisme og europæisk identitetspolitik
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChallenging Identities : European Horizons
EditorsPeter Madsen
Number of pages10
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date20 Oct 2016
Pages212-221
Article number11
ISBN (Print)978-1-138-77691-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-315-77294-3
Publication statusPublished - 20 Oct 2016
SeriesRoutledge Advances in Sociology
Number174

Bibliographical note

Fuelled by factors such as globalisation, European integration and migration, there is evidence of a resurgence of nationalism in Europe and beyond. This trend is being increasingly revitalised in national and regional cultural policy-making, often linked to a new focus on politics of national identity. At worst a future scenario of Europe might be an internationalization of nationalism which tends to colonize art, culture and "the whole way of life". To change this cultural lens requires a new narrative of Europe. It requires scientific cultural research, knowledge and insight, if the ghosts of nationalism in the new Europe must be rendered harmless. The essay analyses, deschribes and discusses in a theoretical perspective the diffenrent paradigms of national identity recently displaed in Europe to day.

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Humanities - New Nationalism., Identity Policy in Europe, The challenges to European culturel policies, Ntional, European and Global ciltural Policy

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