Medieval imagery in today's politics:

"Though the 'medieval' is often deployed as a stigmatic symbol of all that is retrograde, against modernity, and barbaric, the medieval is increasingly being sought as a bedrock of tradition, heritage, and identity, especially by writers and politicians on the far right. Both characte...

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1. Verfasser: Wollenberg, Daniel 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leeds ARC Humanities Press [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Past imperfect
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Zusammenfassung:"Though the 'medieval' is often deployed as a stigmatic symbol of all that is retrograde, against modernity, and barbaric, the medieval is increasingly being sought as a bedrock of tradition, heritage, and identity, especially by writers and politicians on the far right. Both characterisations- the medieval as violent other and the medieval as vital foundation- are mined and studied in this book. It examines contemporary political uses of the Middle Ages to ask why the medieval continues to play such a prominent role in the political and historical imagination today." -- Back cover
Beschreibung:98 Seiten
ISBN:9781942401407
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