National Stereotyping and Identity Politics in Times of European Crises

The articulation of collective identity by means of a stereotyped repertoire of exclusionary characterizations of Self and Other is one of the longest-standing literary traditions in Europe and as such has become part of a global modernity. Recently, this discourse of Othering and national stereotyping has gained fresh political virulence as a result of the rise of ＂Identity Politics＂. What is more, this newly politicized self/other discourse has affected Europe itself as that continent has been weathering a series of economic and political crises in recent years. The present volume traces the conjunction between cultural and literary traditions and contemporary ideologies during the crisis of European multilateralism.

Contributors: Aelita Ambrulevičiūte, Jürgen Barkhoff, Stefan Berger, Zrinka Blazevic, Daniel Carey, Ana María Fraile, Wulf Kansteiner, Joep Leerssen, Hercules Millas, Zenonas Norkus, Aidan O’Malley, Raúl Sánchez Prieto, Karel Sima, Luc Van Doorslaer, Ruth Wodak

Jürgen Barkhoff is Professor of German and Vice-Provost/Chief Academic Officer of the University of Dublin. His main research is on literary anthropology, question of identity in Europe and Swiss literature.

Joep Leerssen is Professor of European Studies at the University of Ansterdam and part-time research professor at the University of Maastricht. His research focuses on national stereotyping and the comparative and cultural history of national thought and national movements in Europe.