The chapter discusses aspects of imaginative geography and power in the building of a Southeastern European region. It reflects on discourses regarding the regional economic reality and the value judgements they convey. Furthermore, it looks into the relationship between ‘Balkanism’ and ‘Orientalism’. The chapter suggests that the way the Balkans were both 'otherized' from abroad and 'self-otherized' from within testifirs the region's adherence to a typically European idea of history.
Europe and the Balkans: Mapping History in the Southeast
PETRI Rolf
2023-01-01
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The chapter discusses aspects of imaginative geography and power in the building of a Southeastern European region. It reflects on discourses regarding the regional economic reality and the value judgements they convey. Furthermore, it looks into the relationship between ‘Balkanism’ and ‘Orientalism’. The chapter suggests that the way the Balkans were both 'otherized' from abroad and 'self-otherized' from within testifirs the region's adherence to a typically European idea of history.File in questo prodotto:
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