The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern WorldLexington Books, 29. 11. 2012 - Počet stran: 242 The seven microstates of Europe, i.e. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Sovereign Order of St. John, and Vatican City are remarkable not only for their size, but their persistence. Most have been around for centuries, while much larger empires have come and gone. Despite the great events of the last two millennia, these countries have come into existence and have managed to steer a course away from incorporation within their larger neighbors. Why is this? Rather than being an exercise in triviality, the study in The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World of the histories of these tiny states may provide insight into tenaciousness of national aspirations and ethnic solidarity that are everywhere evident. Modernist studies tend to view the microstates as illogical anomalies destined to disappear under the crush of social progress. However, these states are anything but marginal—in fact, they are among the richest states in the world. This book examines the phenomenon from structural history and anthropological perspectives. It is not a grand history of petite places—rather, it is an “ethnographic anthology” of a few places in Europe that should not logically exist. The Microstates of Europe is a post-modern critique of the trends of globalism, and it examines the counter-trend of increasing nationalism, particularism, and cultural relativism. Rather than being eclectic exceptions, the microstates may demonstrate the survival of extremely long enduring mechanisms of collective boundary maintenance that are most likely present in many communities throughout the world. |
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Chapter Two Principality of Andorra | 25 |
Chapter Three Principality of Liechtenstein | 39 |
Chapter Four Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 57 |
Chapter Five Republic of Malta | 109 |
Chapter Six Republic of San Marino | 121 |
Chapter Seven State of Vatican City | 133 |
Chapter Eight Principality of Monaco | 157 |
Chapter Nine Flotsam Jetsam and Survey Errors | 171 |
Chapter Ten The Limits of Globalism | 192 |
Bibliography | 196 |
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