Nationalism in Belgium - (Shifting Identities, 1780-1995) by Kas Deprez & Louis Vos (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is a book about shifting national identities in Belgium. It is an attempt to show how these identities emerged and evolved. It aims at explaining why the Belgian identity, which in 1830 was so strong that it could create a new nation-state, has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competition with the new national loyalties. More and more people wonder whether this country will survive.

About the Author

ROELAND BEERTEN Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, KU Leuven CHRISTIAN BERG Professor of French Literature, Department of Romance Languages, UIA Antwerp JAAK BILLIET Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, KU Leuven JOS BOUVEROUS Journalist and Head of the News Service, Belgian Radio and Television PIET COUTTENIER Professor of Dutch Literature, UFSIA Antwerp PHILIPPE DESTATTE Historian ROLF FALTER Historian and Journalist JOSE FONTAINE Professor of Philosophy, Graty EMMANUEL GERARD Professor of History, Department of Political Sciences, KU Leuven LIEVE GEVERS Professor of History, Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven SERGE GOVAERT Translator, Parliament of the Brussels Region DIDIER GOYVAERTS Professor of Linguistics, UIA Antwerp HUBERT JENNIGES Historian and Journalist CHANTAL KESTELOOT Historian, Brussels CHRISTIAN KESTELOOT Professor of Social Geography, Institute of Social and Economic Geography, KU Leuven BART MADDENS Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, KU Leuven ANNE MORELLI Professor of History, Institute for the Study of Religions, UL Brussels LUT PIL Professor of History of Art, Department of Archaeology, History of Art and Musicology, KU Leuven PHILIPPE RAXHON Assistant Professor, University of Liege ROLAND RENSON Professor of History of Sports, Department of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, KU Leuven JAN ROEGIERS Professor of History, KU Leuven PIETER SAEY Professor of Social Geography, University of Gent JEAN-PHILIPPE SCHREIBER Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Religion, UL de Bruxelles CHRISTIAN VANDERMOTTEN Professor of Economic Geography, UL de Bruxelles LODE WILS Professor of History, KU Leuven