Understanding Multiculturalism

Johannes Feichtinger is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and teaches history at the University of Vienna. His publications include Wissenschaft zwischen den Kulturen. Österreichische Hochschullehrer in der Emigration 1933–1945 (2001) and Wissenschaft als reflexives Projekt. Von Bolzano über Freud zu Kelsen: Österreichische Wissenschaftsgeschichte 1848–1938 (2010).

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Understanding Multiculturalism and the Habsburg Central European ExperienceJohannes Feichtinger and Gary B. CohenSECTION I: IDENTITY FORMATION IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIESChapter 1. Heterogeneities and Homogeneities. On Similarities and DiversitiesAnil BhattiChapter 2. Mestizaje and Hybrid Culture: Towards a Transnational Cultural Memory of Europe and the Development of Cultural Theories in Latin AmericaMichael RössnerChapter 3. The Limits of Nationalist Activism in Imperial Austria: Creating Frontiers in Daily LifePieter M. JudsonSECTION II: THE DYNAMICS OF MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, POLITICS, AND THE STATEChapter 4. Multiculturalism, Polish Style: Glimpses from the Interwar PeriodPatrice M. DabrowskiChapter 5. Multiculturalism Against the State: Lessons from IstriaPamela BallingerChapter 6. Migration in Austria, An Overview: 1920s to 2000sMichael JohnSECTION III: IDENTITIES EXPRESSED, NEGOTIATED, AND CHALLENGED IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGSChapter 7. The Slice of Desire: Intercultural Practices Versus National Loyalties in the Peripheral Multiethnic Society of Central Europe at the Beginning of the Twentieth CenturyOto LutharChapter 8. On “Neighbors” and “Strangers”: The Literary Motif of “Central Europe” as Lieu de MémoireAndrei Corbea HoisieChapter 9. Culture as a Space of CommunicationMoritz CsákyNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

“The edited collection of articles is theoretically sophisticated and illuminating, transgressing traditional disciplinary boundaries with incisive, well-developed arguments that challenge stale notions of multiculturalism, hybridity, and nationalist mobilization… A fascinating contribution to the growing body of literature on diversity, spatiality, and nationalizing practices, Understanding Multiculturalism will be a welcomed addition to the shelves of modern historians of any field or focus.” • Hungarian Cultural Studies“Enhanced with the inclusion of a twenty-four page Bibliography, a four page listing of the contributors and their credentials, and a nine page Index, Understanding Multiculturalism: The Habsburg Central European Experience is an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to college and university library collections. For the personal reading lists of students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject it should be noted that [it] is also available in a paperback.” • Midwest Book Review“Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior exposure to Central European history and theoretical approaches to nationalism. They will find in it plentiful food for thought.” • The American Historical Review“The volume is highly recommended for anyone researching multiculturalism, and one can only agree with Csáky’s assertion that Habsburg Central Europe was a “laboratory” of experiences that can be usefully discussed in a broader context.” • Austrian History Yearbook