The age of internationalism and Belgium, 1880?1930
Peace, progress and prestige
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Product details:
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Date of Publication 30 September 2013
- ISBN 9780719088834
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Investigates internationalism using Belgium as its focal point; historically a major hub for transnational movements
MoreLong description:
Belgium was a major hub for transnational movements. By taking this small and yet significant European country as a focal point, the book critically examines major issues in modern history, including nationalism, colonial expansion, debates on the nature of international relations and campaigns for political and social equality.
The study explores an age in which many groups and communities ? from socialists to scientists ? organised themselves across national borders. The timeframe covers the rise of international movements and associations before the First World War, the conflagration of 1914 and the emergence of new actors such as the League of Nations. The book acknowledges the changing framework for transnational activism, including its interplay with domestic politics and international institutions.
By tracing international movements and ideas, the book aims to reveal and explain the multifarious and sometimes contradictory nature of internationalism.
This study investigates internationalism through the prism of a small European country. It explores an age in which many groups and communities ? from socialists to scientists ? organised themselves across national borders. Belgium was a major hub for transnational movements. By taking this small and yet significant European country as a focal point, the book critically examines major historical issues, including nationalism, colonial expansion, political activism and international relations. A main aim is to reveal the multifarious and sometimes contradictory nature of internationalism. The Belgian case shows how within one particular country, different forms of internationalism sometimes clashed and sometimes converged.
The book is organised around political movements and intellectual currents that had a strong presence in Belgium. Each of the main chapters is dedicated to a key theme in European history: nationhood, empire, the relationship between church and state, political and social equality, peace, and universalism. The timeframe ranges from the fin de siecle to the interwar years. It thus covers the rise of international associations before the First World War, the impact of the conflagration of 1914, and the emergence of new actors such as the League of Nations.
With its discussion of campaigns and activities that ranged beyond the nation-state, this study is instructive for anyone interested in transnational approaches to history.
Altogether, Laqua's inquiry is a concise and precise analysis of a lesser-known aspect of Belgian studies: cultural, social and political internationalism...
In a nutshell, this book is a succinct masterpiece of the subject of Belgian internationalism.
[Genevieve Warland; The Journal of Belgian History, vol. 43, no. 4 (2013)]
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. Nationhood
2. Empire
3. Church and state
4. Equality
5. Peace
6. Universalism
Conclusion: Internationalism and the Belgian crossroads
Select bibliography
Index
