Beyond Balkanism

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Beyond Balkanism

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Author : Diana Mishkova
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-17

Beyond Balkanism written by Diana Mishkova and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Political Science categories.

In recent years, western discourse about the Balkans, or “balkanism,” has risen in prominence. Characteristically, this strand of research sidelines the academic input in the production of western representations and Balkan self-understanding. Looking at the Balkans from the vantage point of “balkanism” has therefore contributed to its further marginalization as an object of research and the evisceration of its agency. This book reverses the perspective and looks at the Balkans primarily inside-out, from within the Balkans towards its “self” and the outside world, where the west is important but not the sole referent. The book unravels attempts at regional identity-building and construction of regional discourses across various generations and academic subcultures, with the aim of reconstructing the conceptualizations of the Balkans that have emerged from academically embedded discursive practices and political usages. It thus seeks to reinstate the subjectivity of “the Balkans” and the responsibility of the Balkan intellectual elites for the concept and the images it conveys. The book then looks beyond the Balkans, inviting us to rethink the relationship between national and transnational (self-)representation and the communication between local and exogenous – Western, Central and Eastern European – concepts and definitions more generally. It thus contributes to the ongoing debates related to the creation of space and historical regions, which feed into rethinking the premises of the “new area studies.” Beyond Balkanism: The Scholarly Politics of Region Making will interest researchers and students of transnationalism, politics, historical geography, border and area studies.

The Incredible Balkans

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Author : Konrad Bercovici
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932

The Incredible Balkans written by Konrad Bercovici and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Balkan Peninsula categories.

History of the Balkan countries and a discussion of their contemporary condition.

Counter Balkanism In The Witcher Gwent

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Author : Andrei Zanescu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018

Counter Balkanism In The Witcher Gwent written by Andrei Zanescu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.

The rediscovery and classification of the Balkans has been the subject of literary fiction and philosophical writing since the late 18th century. Though the Balkan states, and their myriad cultural groups, had occupied that geographic locale since the 5th century BCE. The theoretical body of work produced by the global West and its perception of the Balkans then was, and is, mired in stereotypes drawn from sociopolitical events of the 18th century and beyond, rather than the complex history of those peoples. In fact, the reality of the Balkans and how those peoples conceived of themselves is diametrically opposed to the body of work produced by Western scholars and artists. That Western body of work is referred to as Balkanism, a term coined by Maria Todorova in Imagining the Balkans (1997). This concept is a local application and modulation of Edward Said's Orientalism (1978). In this, the Western games industry has conformed to accepted standards of discussing the Balkans explained in Balkanism. What I argue is that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its spin-off card game, Gwent, reimagine a Europe beyond Balkanism, which subverts, and critiques stereotypes attached to Balkan countries. I discuss the theoretical body of work focused on cultural theory and game studies to explore the intersection between these two fields. This theory is then applied to analyze Gwent as an introduction to the more complex world of the Witcher 3, and how both games read together posit a different conception of the Balkans.

Inverting Balkanization

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Author : Gergana Georgieva Hadzhieva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Inverting Balkanization written by Gergana Georgieva Hadzhieva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Community development, Urban categories.

Under The Balkans

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Author : Robert Jasper More
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877

Under The Balkans written by Robert Jasper More and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with categories.

Beyond Little Vera

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Author : Angela Brintlinger
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
Release Date : 2008

Beyond Little Vera written by Angela Brintlinger and has been published by Ohio State University Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Health & Fitness categories.

Under The Balkans Notes Of A Visit To The District Of Philippopolis In 1876

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Author : Robert Jasper More
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877

Under The Balkans Notes Of A Visit To The District Of Philippopolis In 1876 written by Robert Jasper More and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with Balkan Peninsula categories.

The Experiences Of A Military Attach In The Balkans

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Author : Henry Dundas Napier (Hon.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924

The Experiences Of A Military Attach In The Balkans written by Henry Dundas Napier (Hon.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Balkan Peninsula categories.

The Balkans Beyond Nationalism And Identity

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Author : Pavlos Hatzopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2007-12-19

The Balkans Beyond Nationalism And Identity written by Pavlos Hatzopoulos and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-19 with Political Science categories.

For decades, we have come to accept that nationalism formed the basis of the modern history of the Balkans. In this bold and controversial study, Pavlos Hatzopoulos turns this assumption on its head. Through a ground-breaking examination of the non-nationalist ideologies in the Balkans during the interwar period, Hatzopoulos calls into question the supposedly inherent connection between the Balkans and nationalism and argues that nationalism does not form the sole ordering principle of the modern history of the Balkan region. Focusing on the ideologies of communism, liberal internationalism and agrarianism, Hatzopoulos examines how these interact with nationalist ideology. He demonstrates how non-nationalist theories challenge the nationalist view of the Balkans as the sum of several national spaces. He even questions the nationalist understanding of the very term 'the Balkans'. "The Balkans Beyond Nationalism and Identity" revisits contemporary debates on a region that is still a European crisis point and challenges the nation-centric understanding that permeates it. In proposing a description of 'the Balkans' as a contested political concept, the book argues for a completely fresh interpretation of the region's composition.

Red Storm Over The Balkans

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Author : David M. Glantz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Red Storm Over The Balkans written by David M. Glantz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

The leading expert on Soviet military history resurrects a failed World War II campaign that the official Russian history seeks to erase from memory. Reconstructing the Red Army's first invasion of Romania in the spring of 1944, Glantz shows that despite the campaign's abysmal failure, it provided a clear indication of Stalin's strong interest in the Balkans and further damaged the German army's ability to stop the Soviet war machine in its drive toward Berlin.