Description
Product ID: | 9780367666088 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Borderlands Studies |
Title: | Beyond Balkanism |
Subtitle: | The Scholarly Politics of Region Making |
Authors: | Author: Diana Mishkova |
Page Count: | 282 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Development studies, Politics and government, Development studies, Politics & government, Europe, Developing countries |
Description: | 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 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. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-30 |