Cultural Borders of Europe

Mats Andren is Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg. Thomas Lindkvist received his doctorate at Uppsala University, and has been a professor of medieval history at the University of Gothenburg since 1999. Ingmar Sohrman is Professor of Romance languages at the University of Gothenburg. Katharina Vajta is senior lecturer in French at the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Gothenburg, where she also is Deputy Head of Department and Head of Education.

“[Published] in the outstanding Berghahn Books 'Making Sense of History' series, [this] seminal work of scholarship throughout, Cultural Borders of Europe is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library Contemporary International Studies collections.” Midwest Book Review

• List of Figures and TablesIntroductionMats Andren and Ingmar SohrmanPART I: THE CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS BORDERSChapter 1. Territorial and Religious Identifications in EuropeLinda BergChapter 2. Europe with or without Muslims: Creating and Maintaining Cultural BoundariesGoran Larsson and Riem SpielhausChapter 3. Ilm al-Hududuyya: Un-Inheriting EurocentricityKlas GrinellPART II: LINGUISTIC BORDERS IN PRACTICEChapter 4. When the Intercultural Goes National: Textbooks as Sites of StruggleKatharina VajtaChapter 5. The Pluricentric Borders of BavariaBarbara LoesterChapter 6. The Influence of Imagined Linguistic PerformancesIngmar SohrmanPART III: MENTAL SPACES AND BARRIERSChapter 7. Mental Barriers Replacing Nation-State BordersFernand FehlenChapter 8. Crossing Borders and Redefining Oneself: The Treacherous Life of Aino KallasKatarina LeppanenChapter 9. Evolving Symbolic Divides: in Basque Language Promotion LogosJohan JarlehedPART IV: SCHOLARS MAKING BORDERSChapter 10. The Controversial Concept of European IdentityMats AndrenChapter 11. The EU as a 'Large Space'? Carl Schmitt and the Contemporary Dilemmas of Political Rituals and Cultural BordersJon WittrockChapter 12. How Prehistory Becomes Crucial for Border MakingPer CornellConclusionThomas Lindkvist and Katharina VajtaIndex