Beyond Balkanism: The Scholarly Politics of Region Making

ISBN-13: 9780367666088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 282 str.

Diana Mishkova

Opis

Whereas much discourse on the Balkans is from a western perspective, this book 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 sole referent. The book will interest scholars of transnationalism, politics, historical geography, border and area st

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. A Concept with Many Names

2. The Emergence of the Balkans as a Cultural-Historical Space

3. The Balkans as Autospace

4. The Balkans on the European Map

5. Nationalism in Transnational Guise

6. In the orbit of Eastern Europe

7. A Sonderweg or a Metaphor?

Conclusion

References

Index

O autorze

Diana Mishkova is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia, Bulgaria.