Cultural Encounters

Cultural EncountersThe 1930s were one of the most important decades in defining the history of the twentieth century. It saw the rise of right wing nationalism, the challenge to established democracies and the full force of imperialist aggression. Cultural Encounters makes an important contribution to our understanding of the ideological and cultural forces which were active in defining notions of national identity in the 1930s. By examining the work of writers and

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analyzes how exemplars inspire imitation

When a distant cousin visits Lichfield

he has been linked to the hanging death of a stagehand in addition to several strange and mysterious occurrences

full of ironic political commentary and suspiciously human conversations situated within the animal world

like a secret kept by all and shared regardless: “I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days

John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period

it does distort a population's perception of reality and therefore often results in defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief in France's supremacy

Berthold-Bond concludes that a substantially new approach to Hegel's eschatology is needed

to reclaim the singularity of the word as central to the anthropological endeavor

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Their approach overcomes existing theoretical difficulties and raises the question of how this complex social problem might be effectively addressed