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Sep 18, 2015 · Prelude to and Context of the Mitteleuropa Concept ↑. Although the idea of the economic and political unity of East Central and South East Europe under the aegis of Germany dates back to the first half of the 19 th century, the concept gained increasing popularity in the two closing decades of the century.
In Austria, the Mitteleuropa concept evolved as an alternative to the German question, equivalent to an amalgamation of the states of the German Confederation and the multi-ethnic Austrian Empire under the firm leadership of the Habsburg dynasty.
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would the concept, nevertheless, have remained imprinted upon the consciousness of observers, to surface again the moment Germany's division came to an end? And even if Germany is ranked among the issues that "have returned to haunt the region"—i.e. Central Europe— (Bunce 1990: 427), does Mitteleuropa in fact emerge as a possible, or
Mitteleuropa is not central to German identity which since 1945 has been thoroughly western in its focus. Post-war Germany abandoned all affinities with central and eastern Europe, having become an integral part of the western alliance.
- Gerard Delanty
- 1996
May 1, 2008 · As such, Mitteleuropa developed as both a political and scientific concept, a project and a `reality'. With an analysis of the core elements defining the term Mitteleuropa one can begin to appreciate the characteristics that differentiate it from other geographical concepts, as well as the features which some conservative authors have promoted ...
- Patricia Chiantera-Stutte
- 2008
May 1, 2008 · Europe is an ongoing cultural battleground and the idea of Mitteleuropa is a reminder of a shift to the margins and the emergence of a multiperspectival Europe along with new notions of geopolitical space and historical-time consciousness.
contradictions, and rivalries in German society, Mitteleuropa never could develop as a coherent policy or programme. With the outbreak of the First World War the evolution of the concept ended in a narrow colonial-imperialist cul-de-sac. Only after the end of the Second World War would this concept of 'Mitteleuropa' be abandoned. 39
