Beyond Mosque, Church, and State

Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans

Theodora Dragostinova, Yana Hashamova (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

332 Seiten

2016
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-133-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Theodora Dragostinova is Assistant Professor of History at the Ohio State University Yana Hashamova is Associate Professor of Slavic Studies at the Ohio State University

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)

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	8 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 234 mm
Gewicht	578 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	963-386-133-0 / 9633861330
ISBN-13	978-963-386-133-2 / 9789633861332
Zustand	Neuware