Kin, People or Nation?

• Published in support of Timișoara European Capital of Culture 2023.
• An exploration of the way different linguistic communities have defined kin, ethnicity, citizenship and the nation.
• Traces the idealistic philosophies that have intensified the division between East and West in terms of cultural norms, legislation and administration.

With a focus on the origins and evolution of political identity, this book explores the way different linguistic communities have defined kin, ethnicity, citizenship and the nation.

As Neumann traces the transition over the last two centuries of European history, from the medieval to the modern age, he pays particular attention to the idealistic philosophies that have influenced the intellectual landscape and political discourse of European regions today, and which have intensified the division between East and West in terms of cultural norms, legislation and administration.

Victor Neumann is a Romanian historian, political analyst, Professor of Romanian and European Intellectual History at the Bucharest National University of Arts and Senior Researcher at the Romanian Academy of Sciences. He is a well-known specialist in the recent cultural and intellectual histories of Eastern and Central Europe.