The fight for a supranational world : Trieste, the Adriatic, and the Habsburgs, 1848-1867 / Mario Maritan Bonifazi.

Author/creator Bonifazi, Mario Maritan author.
Format Book
PublicationWest Lafayette, Ind : Purdue University Press, [2026]
Descriptionx, 236 pages map 23 cm
Subjects
Habsburg, House of--History. --19th century.
Supranationalism--Europe. --History. --19th century.
Nationalism--Adriatic Sea. --History. --19th century.
Nationalism--Austria. --History. --19th century.
Nationalism--Italy. --History. --19th century.
Trieste (Italy)--19th century.
Dalmatia (Croatia)--History. --19th century.
Rijeka (Croatia)--19th century.
Adriatic Sea--History. --19th century.
Austria--History. --1848-1867.

Physical mediummaps.
SeriesCentral European studies
Central European studies http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/5ed7c237-7478-35b9-0064-8492b1381ea4
Contents Introduction -- Beyond nationalism in the Adriatic: supranationalism and regionalism in 1848 Habsburg Trieste -- Fiume or Rijeka: the city of Italian-speaking Slavs -- Clash of civilizations or ethnic hybridity and multiethnic coexistence? The language question in Dalmatia, the Kvarner, and Trieste -- Beyond merchants' cosmopolitanism: Austrian naturalization and the formation of nonnational identities -- The making and remaking of identities: national indifference between shifting geopolitics, 1859-1867 -- Conclusion
Abstract "In the 1848-1867 period, the Habsburg Adriatic was contended by incipient nationalisms, particularly the Italian, German, and South Slavic. The Fight for a Supranational World focuses on Trieste, Fiume/Rijeka, and Dalmatia, where opposing nationalisms found themselves at grips with centuries-long traditions of municipal autonomy, dynastic loyalty, regional patriotism, and ethnic hybridity--all qualities enshrined within Habsburg supranationalism. There were attempts by nationalist activists to exploit ethnic and linguistic elements to form or join national states, but these largely failed until much later in the century. Contrary to the current consensus within nationalism scholarship, which is steeped in the notion of "liberal nationalism," The Fight for a Supranational World argues that in 1848 and the following years, nationalism was illiberal due to its exclusionary or assimilatory tendencies in its quest for cultural and linguistic homogeneity. This work also shows how Habsburg supranationalism, neglected within nationalism studies and political science more broadly, needs to be the bedrock for more accurate theorizations of nationalism that would prove the relevance of Elie Kedourie's and Eugen Weber's works, among others, despite Ernest Gellner's and Benedict Anderson's enduring popularity." -Back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-225) and index.
LCCN 2026935869
ISBN9781626712225
ISBN1626712220
ISBN1626712212
ISBN9781626712218 hardcover

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