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The Balkans, Europe's Distant Back Yard: Identity - Alterity, Necessity - Arbitrariness
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Abstract In this paper we are trying to re-examine the importance of role of the Balkans in the imagery of (Western) Europe. We want to shed light on three points. Necessity of Europe’s through the Otherness, peculiarities of Europe’s perception of the Balkans and influence of this allegedly unitary outside ... view more
In this paper we are trying to re-examine the importance of role of the Balkans in the imagery of (Western) Europe. We want to shed light on three points. Necessity of Europe’s through the Otherness, peculiarities of Europe’s perception of the Balkans and influence of this allegedly unitary outside identity construction of the Balkans on self-perception of peoples from the peninsula. In the paper an effort is made, to point out how internal complexity of the European identity directly and inevitably affected of other, not only Balkanic cultural Others, and how specificity of the Balkans is that they are not recognized as sufficiently different Otherness.... view less
Keywords
perception; Southeastern Europe; cultural difference; cultural identity; Western Europe; european identity
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 18-34
Journal
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 2 (2013) 2
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works