Whose Bosnia? (eBook)

Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840-1914

Edin Hajdarpasic (Autor)

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2015
288 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-0110-8 (ISBN)

Infos

As Edin Hajdarpasic shows, formative contestations over Bosnia and the surrounding region began well the assassination that triggered World War I, emerging with the rise of new nineteenth-century forces-Serbian and Croatian nationalisms, and Ottoman, Habsburg, Muslim, and Yugoslav political movements-that claimed this province as their own. Whose Bosnia? reveals the political pressures and moral arguments that made Bosnia a prime target of escalating nationalist activity. Hajdarpasic provides new insight into central themes of modern politics, illuminating core subjects like "e;the people,"e; state-building, and national suffering. Whose Bosnia? proposes a new figure in the history of nationalism: the (br)other, a character signifying the potential of being "e;brother"e; and "e;Other,"e; containing the fantasy of complete assimilation and insurmountable difference. By bringing this figure into focus, Whose Bosnia? shows nationalism to be a dynamic and open-ended force, one that eludes a clear sense of historical closure.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 11 halftones, 3 maps
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Gewicht: 28 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Bosnia, World War I, nationalisms, political movements, modern politics, assimilation
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-0110-X / 150170110X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-0110-8 / 9781501701108