The Past as History: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Modern Europe

by Stefan Berger, C. Conrad

The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe, in particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe.

Genres: History

583 pages, Hardcover

First published September 17, 2014

About the author

Stefan Berger is a Professor of Social History at the Ruhr University Bochum. He specializes in nationalism and national identity studies, historiography and historical theory, comparative labour studies, and the history of industrial heritage.

Reviews

[Anne Kamsteeg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nog meer studie!!! Dit boek heeft 200 pagina’s appendix en references en index, heerlijk

[Wessel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written and really impressive how many different national case studies Berger has explored. I think almost every country/sub-region is mentioned and discussed.

[Stijn Jager · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nogal droog. De these dat nationale identiteit een constructie is, en dat deze constructie door historici gepropageerd is vond ik overtuigend. Minder overtuigend vond ik de conclusie dat elke collectieve identiteit inherent een constructie is, en dat hyperindividualisme de oplossing is voor de problemen van nationalisme.