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Culture and Identity Politics

Professor Adam Kuper FBA discusses the history of ideas about culture, and their significance in debates about identity in Europe today.

• Adam Kuper

The whole article can be downloaded as a PDF file.

Published in British Academy Review, Issue 9.

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