Milvi Martina Piir PhD is a writer, historian and educational researcher who studies the methodology of teaching history, the history of European thought and Austria. In exploring history and cultural history, she primarily looks at intangible values that people cultivate by their choices, preferences and oversights. Martina divides her life between Austria and Estonia, and moves between the centre and periphery of Europe both in the intellectual and cultural sense. /2019
European civilisation may be undermining its values from the inside.
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The ethos that originates from the era of the emperor and partly reflects his personality is still around today.
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What is Austria’s historical experience and self-perception like in the context of the migration crisis?
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The image of the welfare state remains strong and NATO membership is not given much thought.
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