Project

social justice and national identification. a social history of war nationalism in belgium, 1914-1925

Code
01N02913
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 October 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • History
  • Social sciences
    • Economic history
Keywords
social justice World War I nationalism
 
Project description

The aim of this project is a socio-historical analysis of nationalism of the lower and middle classes (especially workers, shopkeepers and farmers) in Belgium during and after WWI. This Project focuses on the question of why and to what extent those social groups appropriate nationalism in wartime, and how they actually use it in social interaction