Discord and Consensus in the Low Countries, 1700-2000
All countries, regions and institutions are ultimately built on a degree of consensus, on a collective commitment to a concept, belief or value system. This consensus is continuously rephrased and reinvented through a narrative of cohesion and challenged by expressions of discontent and discord. The history of the Low Countries is characterised by both a striving for consensus and eruptions of discord, both internally and from external challenges. This interdisciplinary volume explores consensus and discord in a Low Countries context along broad cultural, linguistic and historical lines. Disci... Mehr ...
Dokumenttyp: | Buch |
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Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
UCL Press
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Schlagwörter: | Low Countries / Conflict / Dutch history / Discord / Consensus |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27051238 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1489656/1/Discord-and-Consensus-in-the-Low-Countries.pdf |
All countries, regions and institutions are ultimately built on a degree of consensus, on a collective commitment to a concept, belief or value system. This consensus is continuously rephrased and reinvented through a narrative of cohesion and challenged by expressions of discontent and discord. The history of the Low Countries is characterised by both a striving for consensus and eruptions of discord, both internally and from external challenges. This interdisciplinary volume explores consensus and discord in a Low Countries context along broad cultural, linguistic and historical lines. Disciplines represented include early-modern and contemporary history; art history; film; literature; and translation scholars from both the Low Countries and beyond.