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Record Nr.

UNINA9911035049203321

Autore

Trupia Francesco

Titolo

The Balkans and Palestine: Old Frictions, New Convergences / / by Francesco Trupia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783031973819

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 pages)

Collana

Political Science and International Studies

Disciplina

306.09496

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Ethnology

Religion and politics

Middle East - Politics and government

Political science

Migration Policy

Ethnography

Politics and Religion

Middle Eastern Politics

Politics and International Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- From Sarajevo to Gaza Yugoslavia’s Unlearned Lessons -- Solidarity for Whom -- Kosovo, Bosnia, and the Euro-Atlantic Flank -- Romania and Bulgaria: Reckoning Socialist Legacies -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

After October 7, 2023, the fallout of the war in Gaza has gone beyond Israel and Palestine. In the Balkans – a region grappling with the complex convergence of post-socialist and postcolonial legacies – many began reliving their past experiences of war and genocidal violence through the plight of Palestinians. This book explores the diverse postulates of transnational solidarity that have (re)emerged in the Balkans in support of Palestine or forged new burgeoning political alliances with Israel. It precisely delves into the weaponization of collective memory and history to fight “old enemies” or readjust the geopolitical predicament of the whole region toward key Euro-Atlantic



partners and allies. Francesco Trupia is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. His research interests range from identity and memory politics to minority inclusion, from post-socialist democratisation to study of civil society in Southeast and Eastern Europe. He is the author of “Islamophobia in European Cities. Solidarities, Responses and Dilemmas for Young Balkan Muslims” (Routledge, 2025) and “Rethinking Subalternity in Central and Eastern Europe” (Transnational Press London, 2020).