The Formation of the Modern Austrian Nation

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• FM Epigraph
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Methods and theories
• 1.1. Methodology
• 1.2. Basic terminology
• 1.3. Not so basic terminology—the significance of the word “nation”
• 1.4. A ride through history—the changing understanding of nationhood
• 1.5. The nation as a principle for the organization of society
• 1.5.1. How were they made? The main narratives on the origins of nations
• 1.5.2. Organizing society
• 1.5.3. Nationalism as a way of organizing society
• 1.6. Closing comments
• 2 History
• 2.1. The role of history in nation formation
• 2.2. Austrian history in the nation-formation context
• 2.3. Transitional justice in Austria
• 2.4. Historiography of the Austrian nation
• 2.4.1. Austrian historiography before 1938—the lack of nation formation
• 2.4.2. Legitimizing the status quo—Austrian historiography after 1945
• 2.5. Closing comments
• 3 Politics
• 3.1. Political elites
• 3.2. The parties of consensus—the ÖVP and SPÖ
• 3.2.1. The polices of nation-making
• 3.2.2. Education policies in regard to nation-building
• 3.2.3. Analysis of textbooks
• 3.3. Breaking the consensus: The failed opposition—the FPÖ
• 3.4. Closing comments
• 4 Conclusions and closing comments
• Annex 1
• Bibliography
• Index
• Series Index