CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Decker, Philipp |
|---|---|
| Title | AUSTRIA FACING THE RISE OF NATIONHOOD IN FIN DE SIECLE BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA |
| Summary | This thesis deals with the nationalization process in nineteenth century Bohemia and Moravia. While a growing group of historians argues that the policies and legal reforms performed by the Imperial Austrian state led to the institutionalization and the enforcement of nationality as a category among a nationally indifferent population, this thesis is going to show that reforms and state policies were only one factor which occurred at a time where national alignments within society have already taken root. The hypothesis is that the cultural and societal conditions in Bohemia and Moravia, in combination with the rise of Nationalism (as a consequence of several processes of modernization), led to national alignment along linguistic lines. This dynamic process of nationalization will be explained by referring to Karl Deutsch’s theory of social communication. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/decker_philipp.pdf |
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