Divided we stand : discourses on identity in 'First' and 'Other' Serbia : social construction of the Self and the Other / / Ana Russell-Omaljev

• Autore: Russell-Omaljev Ana
• Pubblicazione: Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 949.71
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Serbian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Serbia, Europe and National Identity; The object of study; Europe and national identity; Aims of this book; Methodological approach; "First" and "Other" Serbia discourses on Europe and identity; Conclusion; Chapter 1: Theory and Method; Introduction; The first layer: discourse analysis; Why discourse analysis?; How to find meaning in discourse; The second layer: Self/Other analysis; The assumptions of Self/Other analysis and theories of alterity; Friendly, non-radical and radical Others; Debates and historical events ; "First" Serbia's evolution in the 1980s and 1990s and the SANU Memorandum"First" Serbia vocabulary; "First" Serbia after 2000; The post-2000 "Kosovo or Europe" debate; "Other" Serbia: beginnings and self-identification; Traitors and heroes; The organizations and social actors until 2000; "Other" Serbia's rift after 2000; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Construction of "Europe"; The "Idea of Europe": Inclusion and exclusion; Representation of Europe in the "First" Serbia discourse; Nation and Church; Geography: "East for the West, and West for the East" ; Military neutrality: Russia as part of the Self?Srpski Sabor Dveri; Anti-occidentalism: The West as decadent; The "Europe or Kosovo" dilemma; Discursive constructions of in- and out-groups in the "First" Serbia; Positive self-presentation and national self-glorification; The difference attributed to Europe and Other-Serbians; The representation of Europe in "Other" Serbia discourse; The disagreement between soft liberals and hard-liners; On Serbia's duty to recognize its past; The nature of crimes; The discursive construction of in and out-groupsin "Other" Serbia; Conclusion ; Chapter 5: Mapping the Debates: "Point of Departure" and "Missionary Intelligentsia"Mapping debates; The background to the debate: "Coming to the terms with the past"; Point of Departure: Serbian guilt; Hard-line liberals: Responsibility for war crimes; Departure on issue of gender; The Orthodox Church: Changing the cultural model; Re-conceptualized "discourse of non-interference"; The Missionary Intelligentsia Article; Other Serbia as the "enemy within"; Anti-liberal stance; "First" Serbia significant others; The construction of Serbian identity in the Missionary Intelligentsia debate ; The "Other" Serbia response
• Titolo autorizzato: Divided we Stand
• ISBN: 3-8382-6711-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Record Nr.: 9910824084703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II