This book examines the rise of Czech radical nationalism at a time of maturing mass political mobilization and intense social and political conflict. As the masses gained access to the political system across Europs, ethnic and class divisions increased the potential for trouble. Popular dissatisfac[...]
These papers examine the nature and function of Czech and Slovak Theatre abroad from the nineteenth century to the present day. Immigrants used theater as a way to preserve their language and culture, and the plays performed were usually classic Czech or Slovak works. After World War II and during t[...]
In this third volume of the author's scholarly work, twenty-five articles address topics important to Greek society, culture, and politics. Topics discussed include ethnonationalism, civil-military relations, class consciousness, and the Olympic Games.[...]
In 1927, the young Romanian student and journalist Mircea Eliade encouraged his fellowyoung Romanians to look for new "experiences," setting himself as anexample through his own adventures in India. Until 1934, when the ideasuddenly disappeared, young Romanians were obsessed with the idea ofexperien[...]
In this collection, French intellectuals and scholars comment on the relationship between British novelist Joseph Conrad's work and French culture and criticism. The book presents readings of Conrad's major texts by several generations of critics, such as Andre Gide, Andre Maurois, and Ramon Fernand[...]