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Duelund - The Impact of the New Nationalism and Identity Politics on Cultural Policy-Making in Europe and Beyond

Duelund, P. (2016). The Impact of the New Nationalism and Identity Politics on Cultural Policy-Making In Europe and Beyond. In P. Madsen (Ed.), Challenging Identities : European Horizons (pp. 212-221). New York: Routledge. eISBN 9781315772943

Fuelled by factors such as globalisation, European integration and migration, there is evidence of a resurgence of nationalism in Europe and beyond. This trend is being increasingly revitalised in national and regional cultural policy-making, often linked to a new focus on politics of national identity. At worst a future scenario of Europe might be an internationalization of nationalism which tends to colonize art, culture and "the whole way of life". To change this cultural lens requires a new narrative of Europe. It requires scientific cultural research, knowledge and insight, if the ghosts of nationalism in the new Europe must be rendered harmless.