Nationalism in Belgium: Shifting Identities, 1780–1995

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Belgian Liberties and Loyalty to the House of Austria....Pages 23-32
The Two Belgian Revolutions....Pages 33-41
Painting at the Service of the New Nation State....Pages 42-50
National Imagery in 19th Century Flemish Literature....Pages 51-60
The Symbolic Deficit. French Literature in Belgium and 19th Century National Sentiment....Pages 61-71
Henri Conscience and the French Revolution....Pages 72-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
The Flemish National Question....Pages 83-95
The Language of the Flemings....Pages 96-109
The Catholic Church and the Flemish Movement....Pages 110-118
Sport and the Flemish Movement. Resistance and Accommodation 1868–1914....Pages 119-126
The Christian Workers’ Movement as a Mass Foundation of the Flemish Movement....Pages 127-138
Growth of the Walloon Movement....Pages 139-152
Four Definitions of Culture in Francophone Belgium....Pages 153-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Unequal Economic Development at the Origin of the Federalization Process....Pages 165-176
Belgium’s Peculiar Way to Federalism....Pages 177-197
The National Consciousness of the Flemings and the Walloons. An Empirical Investigation....Pages 198-208
Nationalism in Present-Day Flanders....Pages 209-218
Present-Day Wallonia. The Search for an Identity without Nationalist Mania....Pages 219-228
A Brussels Identity? A Speculative Interpretation....Pages 229-239
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Germans, German Belgians, German-Speaking Belgians....Pages 240-248
Are the Immigrants the Last Belgians?....Pages 249-257
Back Matter....Pages 258-281