1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511726703321

Autore

Stråth Bo <1943->

Titolo

Europe's utopias of peace : 1815, 1919, 1951 / / Bo Stråth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2016

ISBN

1-4742-3776-2

1-4742-3775-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (553 p.)

Collana

Europe's legacy in the modern world

Disciplina

940.2/8

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe - History

Nationalism - Europe - History

Peace - Political aspects - Europe - History

Social movements - Europe - History

Utopias - Europe - History - 19th century

Utopias - Europe - History - 20th century

Europe Commerce History

Europe History, Military

Europe Politics and government 19th century

Europe Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Utopia, history and teleology : the bicentenary European search for a political economy for welfare and warfare, and struggle with nationalism and democracy -- The Vienna peace utopia of 1815 and the world of trade -- Welfare : the dissolution of the Vienna peace utopia from within -- Warfare : the dissolution of the Vienna peace utopia from without -- Versailles : the utopia of peace through democracy -- The Great Depression and the collapse of the world order -- After World War II : from the utopia of peace for the Cold War to the Euro-crisis and the search for a new narrative -- Epilogue: The bicentenary European struggle with nationalism and democracy, and search for a global political economy.

Sommario/riassunto

Europe's Utopias of Peace explores attempts to create a lasting



European peace in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars and the two world wars. The book charts the 250 year cycle of violent European conflicts followed by new utopian formulations for peace. The utopian illusion was that future was predictable and rules could prescribe behaviour in conflicts to come. Bo Stråth examines the reiterative bicentenary cycle since 1815, where each new postwar period built on a design for a project for European unification. He sets out the key historical events and the continuous struggle with nationalism, linking them to legal, political and economic thought. Biographical sketches of the most prominent thinkers and actors provide the human element to this narrative. Europe's Utopias of Peace presents a new perspective on the ideological, legal, economic and intellectual conditions that shaped Europe since the 19th century and presents this in a global context. It challenges the conventional narrative on Europe's past as a progressive enlightenment heritage, highlighting the ambiguities of the legacies that pervade the institutional structures of contemporary Europe. Its long-term historical perspective will be invaluable for students of contemporary Europe or modern European history

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812129503321

Titolo

International education and the Chinese learner / / edited by Janette Ryan and Gordon Slethaug

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2010

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2010

ISBN

988-220-705-7

988-8028-44-8

1-283-01697-4

9786613016973

988-220-615-8

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

370

370.1170951

379.51

Soggetti

Education and globalization - China

Multicultural education - China

Students - China



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Interrogating international education and Chinese learners. Something happened while nobody was looking : the growth of international education and the Chinese learner / Gordon Slethaug ; "Chinese learners" : misconceptions and realities / Janette Ryan -- The Chinese learner in international schools in Hong Kong. Fit for purpose? Why Chinese families choose international schools in Hong Kong / Chris Forse ; Being, becoming, and belonging : exploring Hong Kong-Chinese students' experiences of the social realitites of international schooling / Eric Jabal ; Educating Chinese learners for social conscience in Hong Kong : an international school perspective / Martin Schmidt -- Teachers and Chinese learners in transnational higher education settings. A Danish perspective on teaching Chinese students in Europe / Jane Vinther ; Chinese pre-service teachers in Australia : language, identity, and practice / Jennifer Miller ; Realizing "cross-cultural exchange" : a dialogue between the USA and China / Ivy Wang ; Learning for all : cross-cultural, interdisciplinary team teaching between China and the USA / Zhu Weibin.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays aim at fostering discussion about the growth of international education and the Chinese learner between educators from schools and universities in Hong Kong and abroad. These essays are both theoretical and practical, coming outof the direct experiences of those who have been teaching Chinese learners in international contexts.