Basque Nationalism and Political Violence: The Ideological and Intellectual Origins of Eta

by Cameron Watson

Book Overview

This work seeks to interrogate the relationship between ideas and action through a historical account of how images of violence and warfare pervaded the discourse of Basque nationalism--principally through the parameters of the hegemonic Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV or Basque Nationalist Party)--from its foundation in the 1890s through the mid-twentieth century. Ultimately, it argues that a culture of political violence emerged within the Basque...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 187780276X
• ISBN13: 9781877802768
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.3"