The Politics of East European Area Studies

ISBN-13: 9781138392311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 100 str.

Gareth Dale; Katalin Miklossy; Dieter Segert

Opis

Does Eastern Europe still exist? This volume explores the contemporary meanings of ‘Central and Eastern Europe,’ with a focus upon its construction as a distinctive region through Area Studies scholarship. Alex Cistelecan, Robert Bideleux, Katalin Miklóssy and Dieter Segert—tease out the implications for an ‘Area Studies’ approach to the region. Very few other titles discuss the background, history or politics of academic study of the region.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The ‘‘Orientalization’’ and ‘‘de-Orientalization’’ of East Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula 3. From Region to Culture, from Culture to Class 4. Russian and East European Studies with a Finnish Flavour 5. Is There Really Something Like ‘‘Eastern Europe’’? And If So, Why Do We Need Area Studies of It?