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Balkan as metaphor : between globalization and fragmentation ; in association with the exhibition In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria by Duaan I. Bjelic (Editor), Obrad Savic (Editor) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Balkan. Somewhere between a tragedy and a myth, a place and a condition, the term is perhaps best understood as a metaphor. It has been used and abused in academia by proponents of opposing political views. Multiculturalism has appropriated it, as have postmodernism and postcommunism. It is used pejoratively to refer to excessive specialization and nostalgically to refer to Europe's lost people -- its wild warriors and passionate geniuses. This book explores the idea of the Balkan as metaphor

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Author

Duaan I. Bjelic (Editor), Obrad Savic (Editor)

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262268592

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Social Science, Science

Updated

2026-03-25