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‘Germanness in One Country: Austria, Joerg Haider and Nationalist Legacy’

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This article looks at the possible links between auto/biography and right wing nationalism. It is based on extensive archival and oral history research carried out during the 1990s. The recent shift to the right of Austrian governmental politics is examined by looking at biographical aspects of a key player of that process, the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party Joerg Haider. His current political views should be read as being embedded within the wider historical and political biography of Austria as a nation state. A life story is constructed in exchange with ones own and other people's actions. This construct is constantly in flux. This is true for authors of academic research as much as for their objects of investigation. Consequently, the authors’ experiences as an Austrian national, both at home and abroad, form a part of this study. The paper concludes by debating how auto/biographical experiences from the past become a constituting element of a person's present and future.

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  • Wolfgang Weber, 2000. "‘Germanness in One Country: Austria, Joerg Haider and Nationalist Legacy’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 5(1), pages 139-147, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:5:y:2000:i:1:p:139-147
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.448
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