Author : Jane Fenoulhet,Gerdi Quist,Ulrich Tiedau
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910634318
Discord and Consensus in the Low Countries, 1700-2000 by Jane Fenoulhet,Gerdi Quist,Ulrich Tiedau Pdf
All countries, regions and institutions are ultimately built on a degree of consensus, on a collective commitment to a concept, belief or value system. This consensus is continuously rephrased and reinvented through a narrative of cohesion and challenged by expressions of discontent and discord. The history of the Low Countries is characterised by both a striving for consensus and eruptions of discord, both internally and from external challenges. This interdisciplinary volume explores consensus and discord in a Low Countries context along broad cultural, linguistic and historical lines. Disciplines represented include early-modern and contemporary history; art history; film; literature; and translation scholars from both the Low Countries and beyond.