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From Mutual Observation to Propaganda War: Premodern Revolts in Their Transnational Representations
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Abstract The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. A crucial role is attributed to the new media, coverage of events abroad and ensuing mutual reactions. With the dissemination of print, revolts in early-modern times faced the challen... view more
The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. A crucial role is attributed to the new media, coverage of events abroad and ensuing mutual reactions. With the dissemination of print, revolts in early-modern times faced the challenge of a similar media-revolution. This influenced the very face of the events that could become full-fledged propaganda wars once the insurgents had won access to the printing press. But it also had an impact on revolt-narratives. Governments severely persecuted dissident views in such delicate issues as revolts. Observers abroad had no such divided loyalties and were freer to reflect upon the events. Therefore, the book focuses mainly on representations of revolts across borders.... view less
Classification
General History
Free Keywords
Revolt; Europe; Representations; Communication; Transnational History; Arab Spring; Cultural History; Early Modern History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
354 p.
Series
Histoire, 56
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839426425
ISBN
978-3-8394-2642-5
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0