Beyond Mosque, Church, and State
Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans
Published on 20. August 2016
332 pages
978-963-386-247-6 (ISBN)
Description
Journalists and policy-makers in the West have often assumed that the religious and ethno-national heterogeneity of the Balkans is the underlying reason for the numerous problems the area has faced throughout the twentieth century. The multiple and turbulent political transitions in the area, the dynamics of the interaction between Christianity and Islam, the contradictory and constantly shifting nationality policies, and the fluctuating identities of the diverse populations continue to be seen as major challenges to the stability of the region. By exploring the development of intricate religious, linguistic, and national dynamics in a variety of case studies throughout the Balkans, this volume demonstrates the existence of alternatives and challenges to nationalism in the area. The authors analyze a variety of national, non-national, and anti-national(ist) encounters in four areas-Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania-traditionally seen as "hot-beds" of nationalist agitation and tension resulting from their populations' religious or ethno-national diversity. In their entirety, the contributions in this volume chart a more complex picture of the national dynamics. The authors recognize the existence of national tensions both in historical perspective and in contemporary times, but also suggest the possibility of different paths to the nation that did not involve violence but allowed for national accommodation and reconciliation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
4,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-963-386-247-6 (9789633862476)
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Yana Hashamova | Theodora Dragostinova
Beyond Mosque, Church, and State
Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans
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08/2016
1st Edition
Central European University Press
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Yana Hashamova | Theodora Dragostinova
Beyond Mosque, Church, and State
Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans
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08/2016
Central European University Press
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Content
Introduction Beyond Mosque, Church, and State: Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans Theodora Dragostinova and Yana Hashamova (OSU) I. Historical Dilemmas 1. Emergence and Historical Development of Muslim Communities in the Ottoman Balkans: Turcoman Colonization, Conversion to Islam, and the "Indigenization of Islam" in the Balkan Peninsula (late 14th - 18th centuries): Historiographical and Historical Remarks Nikolay Antov (University of Arkansas) 2. From Exorcism to Historicism: Ottoman Historiography and the History of Nationalism in the Balkans Ipek Yosmaoglu (Northwestern University) 3. Patriotic Publics: Rethinking Empire, Nationality, and the Popular Press in Ottoman and Habsburg Bosnia Edin Hajdarpasic (Loyola University - Chicago) 4. In Search of the Bulgarians: Mapping the Nation through National Classifications Theodora Dragostinova (OSU) 5. From Religious Community to Nation: The Official Recognition of a Bosnian Muslim Nation in Tito's Yugoslavia Brenna Miller (OSU) 6. Negotiating National and Cosmopolitan Impulses: Intellectuals and Cultural Politics in Zhivkov's Bulgaria Irina Gigova (College of Charleston) II. Contemporary Debates 7. E mos shikjoni kish e xhamija (And look not to church and mosque): How Albania and Macedonia Illuminate Bosnia and Bulgaria Victor Friedman (University of Chicago) 8. Women between State and Mosque: Compliance or Agency? Yana Hashamova (OSU) 9. Beyond Nation? A Thrice-Told Tale from Bulgaria's Postsocialist Soundstage Donna A. Buchanan (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 10. Who brought Ataka to the political scene? Analysis of the vote for Bulgaria's radical nationalists Maria Popova (McGill University) 11. Local governance in Bosnia: Addressing Ethno-nationally and Locally Defined Interests? Paula M. Pickering (College of William and Mary)
