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Let them speak to me no more of Rome, and let Greece be silent lest she stand accused of knowing nothing but what she has derived from Egypt." Frederik Ludvig Norden (1708-1742), a Danish naval officer, wrote these words during a 1737 expedition to describe his amazement at the technical ingenuity of ancient Egyptian and Nubian art and architecture. Posthumously published in 1755, Nordens Travels in Egypt and Nubia proved to be of great importance for eighteenth-century discussions of the role of Egypt and Greece in the creation of European identity. This volume, supplemented by more than fifty of Nordens own drawings, is an analysis of the publication and its lasting cultural and intellectual influence.

Norden, Frederik Ludvig, --- Norden, Frederik Ludvig, --- Norden, Frederik Ludvig --- Egypt --- Nubia --- Egypt --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel. --- Antiquities.

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Weltweit sind gegenwärtig mehr als 65 Millionen Menschen vertrieben worden oder geflohen - vor Krieg, politischer Instabilität, Naturkatastrophen. Nicht ohne Grund ist die Bewältigung der sogenannten Flüchtlings- und Migrationskrise zu einer politischen Priorität geworden. Laut Jacqueline Bhabha ist das globale Phänomen der Migrationsbewegungen jedoch keineswegs historisch einmalig und die Bezeichnung »Krise« weder zutreffend noch politisch zielführend. Bhabha fordert vom globalen Norden, die kollektive Verantwortung für Vertriebene und Geflüchtete anzunehmen, sie mit koordinierten Maßnahmen, die humanitären und Naturkatastrophen vorbeugen helfen, angemessener unterzubringen und systematisch die globale Ungleichheit von Einkommens-, Bildungs- und Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten zu bekämpfen. Eine Reform der internationalen Flüchtlings- und Migrationspolitik ist nicht zuletzt eine Frage des gerechten Umgangs mit den Bedürfnissen kommender Generationen.

Fluchtbewegung --- Fluchtursachen --- Flüchtlingskrise --- Flüchtlingspolitik --- Geflüchtete --- globale Ungleichheit --- globaler Norden --- Migrationsbewegung --- Migrationspolitik --- Naturkatastrophe

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Based on the material of the Old Norse Icelandic sources written down in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, this book demonstrates how medieval Scandinavians imagined Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the system of medieval Scandinavian perception of space in general, and the eastern part of the 'oecumene' in particular. It also examines the unique information of these sources, of which the Russian chronicles were unaware.

18.14 --- 17.70 --- Sagas --- History and criticism. --- Europe, Eastern --- Scandinavia --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- In literature. --- Civilization --- Foreign influences. --- Old Norse. --- Scandinavia. --- The Rus’. --- Vikings. --- sagas.

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This book critically engages with dominant ideas of cultural homogeneity in the Nordic countries and contests the notion of homogeneity as a crucial determinant of social cohesion and societal security. Showing how national identities in the Nordic region have developed historically around notions of cultural and racial homogeneity, it exposes the varied histories of migration and the longstanding presence of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in the region that are ignored in dominant narratives. With attention to the implications of notions of homogeneity for the everyday lives of migrants and racialised minorities in the region, as well as the increasing securitisation of those perceived not to be part of the homogenous nation, this volume provides detailed analyses of how welfare state policies, media, and authorities seek to manage and govern cultural, religious, and racial differences. With studies of national minorities, indigenous people and migrants in the analysis of homogeneity and difference, it sheds light on the agency of minorities and the intertwining of securitisation policies with notions of culture, race, and religion in the government of difference. As such it will appeal to scholars and students in social sciences and humanities with interests in race and ethnicity, migration, postcolonialism, Nordic studies, multiculturalism, citizenship, and belonging.

Cultural pluralism --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Ethnicity --- Nationalism --- Solidarity --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural assimilation --- Anthropology --- Socialization --- Acculturation --- Emigration and immigration --- Minorities --- Cooperation --- Cultural diversity --- Diversity, Cultural --- Diversity, Religious --- Ethnic diversity --- Pluralism (Social sciences) --- Pluralism, Cultural --- Religious diversity --- Culture --- Scandinavia --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Social aspects.