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AJS Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 509-511
Author(s):  
Jarrod Tanny
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Stanford University

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2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-238
Author(s):  
Martina Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Habsburg Empire ◽  
Age Of Enlightenment

When it comes to identity, nationalism and the various perceptions of “the Other,” postcolonial theory has inspired historians of Central and Eastern Europe for years. This inspiration, however, has not overcome a certain superficial level of slogans and catchphrases: identity is a cultural construction, yes, so it is somehow connected to the problem of power; knowledge too, since we have read Said and Foucault, is to be considered as both a result and an instrument of power. Now it seems that this superficiality will not be accepted any more. Recently, scholars of Central Europe organized a conference focusing on the questions of whether and how postcolonial theory can be applied on the study of Austria-Hungary. Was the Habsburg Empire really an Empire, can perspectives developed in Delhi be transferred to Prague and Bratislava?

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