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 characterizati...

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Main Author: Wollenberg, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Leeds] : Arc Humanities Press, [2018]
Series:Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 characterizations - the medieval as violent other and the medieval as vital foundation - are mined and studied in this book. Daniel Wollenberg 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98).
ISBN:1942401418
9781942401414
194240140X
9781942401407

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