Description
| Product ID: | 9783631813188 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Series: | Scottish Studies International |
| Title: | Scotland and Arbroath 1320 – 2020 |
| Subtitle: | 700 Years of Fighting for Freedom, Sovereignty, and Independence |
| Authors: | Author: Klaus Peter Muller, Klaus Peter Muller |
| Page Count: | 582 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, European history, National liberation and independence, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, British & Irish history, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Scotland, English, Scots (Lallans, the Doric), c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Evolution of human rights, democracy, justice, threats to freedom in the Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution till today. Independence endangered by right-wing politics, neo-liberal economies, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, people's ignorance. Success of Scottish independence, citizens' movements. 700 years of people in Scotland, England, Europe, and the world fighting for freedom, sovereignty, independence and justice are investigated in the essential periods and cultures since the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath: the Middle Ages, the Reformation and Early Modern Age, the English Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Cultural, media, political, and social studies, history, the law, art, philosophy, and literature are used for an analysis of the evolution of human rights, democracy, freedom, individual as well as national independence and justice in connection with past and present threats to them. Threats from politics, the economy, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, people''s ignorance. With contributions by Alasdair Allan MSP, Christopher J. Berry, Neil Blain, Alexander Broadie FRSE, Dauvit Broun, Mark P. Bruce, Ewen A. Cameron, Robert Crawford, Ian Duncan, Richard J. Finlay, David Forrest, Edouard Gaudot, Marjory Harper, Sarah Longlands, Ben McConville, David McCrone, Aileen McHarg, John Morrison, Klaus Peter Müller, Hugh O’Donnell, Murray Pittock, Anthony Salamone, David R. Sorensen, Silke Stroh, Christopher A. Whatley and Ben Wray. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-02 |
