Ingmar Söhrman was Professor of Romance languages at the University of Gothenburg. Among his publications is Diachronic and Typical Perspectives on Verbs (John Benjamins, 2013), coedited with Folke Josephson.

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction
Mats Andrén & Ingmar Söhrman

PART I: THE CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS BORDERS

Chapter 1. Territorial and Religious Identifications in Europe
Linda Berg

Chapter 2. Europe with or without Muslims: Creating and Maintaining Cultural Boundaries
Göran Larsson & Riem Spielhaus

Chapter 3. Ilm al-Hududuyya: Un-Inheriting Eurocentricity
Klas Grinell

PART II: LINGUISTIC BORDERS IN PRACTICE

Chapter 4. When the Intercultural Goes National: Textbooks as Sites of Struggle
Katharina Vajta

Chapter 5. The Pluricentric Borders of Bavaria
Barbara Loester

Chapter 6. The Influence of Imagined Linguistic Performances
Ingmar Söhrman

PART III: MENTAL SPACES AND BARRIERS

Chapter 7. Mental Barriers Replacing Nation-State Borders
Fernand Fehlen

Chapter 8. Crossing Borders and Redefining Oneself: The Treacherous Life of Aino Kallas
Katarina Leppänen

Chapter 9. Evolving Symbolic Divides: in Basque Language Promotion Logos
Johan Järlehed

PART IV: SCHOLARS MAKING BORDERS

Chapter 10. The Controversial Concept of European Identity
Mats Andrén

Chapter 11. The EU as a 'Large Space'? Carl Schmitt and the Contemporary Dilemmas of Political Rituals and Cultural Borders
Jon Wittrock

Chapter 12. How Prehistory Becomes Crucial for Border Making
Per Cornell

Conclusion
Thomas Lindkvist & Katharina Vajta

Index