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Vos, Iris Raïssa de (2018)

“Bravely Towards The New Ages”? The Post-War Reconstruction of Austria’s National Identity

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)
It this thesis I intend to unveil the constructed nature of the Austrian post-war identity narratives and the consequences they continue to have today. I will investigate how, after the Second World War, the conferment of the political neutrality status enabled Austria to reinvent its national identity and withdraw from war guilt. The constructed narratives consist of elements from the history of its imperial and pre-war cultural past. These continue to prevail and despite the emergence of a counter-narrative.
Austria
identity construction
national identity
cultural identity
war
Author
Vos, Iris Raïssa de
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Europe
Supervisors
Weyenberg, Astrid van
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en