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Dusan I. (University of Southern Maine) (Hrsg.) Bjelic

Balkan as Metaphor

Between Globalization and Fragmentation

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Pioneering essays on the idea of the Balkan as a body of knowledge and a cultural metaphor.Balkan. Somewhere between a tragedy and a myth, a place and a condition, the term is perhaps best understood as a metaphor. It has been used and abused in academia by proponents of opposing political views. Multiculturalism has appropriated it, as have postmodernism and postcommunism. It is used pejoratively to refer to excessive specialization and nostalgically to refer to Europe's lost people—its wild warriors and passionate geniuses. This book explores the idea of the Balkan as metaphor and the meaning of Balkan identity in the context of contemporar… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Savic, Obrad (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-262-52448-3
  • EAN: 9780262524483
  • Produktnummer: 1410367
  • Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 391 S.
  • Masse: H22.8 cm x B17.6 cm x D2.1 cm 604 g
  • Gewicht: 604
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


Dusan I. Bjelic is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine.Obrad Saviæ is Professor of the History of Social Theory and Philosophy at the University of Belgrade and Acting President of the Belgrade Circle.

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