Macedonia : the political, social, economic and cultural foundations of a Balkan state

Author(s)

• Munck, Victor C. de
• Risteski, Ljupčo

Bibliographic Information

Macedonia : the political, social, economic and cultural foundations of a Balkan state

edited by Victor C. de Munck and Ljupcho Risteski

（The international library of historical studies, v. 87）

I.B. Tauris, 2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Macedonia has had a troubled and remarkable history. From Ancient Macedonia, the country of Alexander the Great, through Roman dependency, Bulgarian rule and Ottoman principality, the modern nation state is a complex mixture of ethnicities,historical allegiances and religious beliefs. United with Yugoslavia under Tito, and with a modern history of Albanian resistance and disputes with modern Greece, it is also absolutely central to the stability of the Balkan region. This is the first anthropological survey of the Republic of Macedonia, which seeks to untangle the many complexities of the country; addressing Sufism, Islamic influence, the role of ethnic Serbs, Albanians, Greeks and Bulgarians, the cultural heritage of Macedonia and its modern political relevance. This is essential reading for students and scholars of Balkan Studies, International Relations and Anthropology.

Table of Contents

List of Captions Map List of Contributors Introduction Victor C de Munck and Ljupcho Risteski Section One: Macedonians in Transition 1. A Tantrum from the Cradle of Democracy: On the Dangers of Studying Macedonian Victor A. Friedman 2. 'Eu as Future?: From a Macedonian Viewpoint The multiple ways of being European in Macedonia and not being in Europe Ilka Theissen 3. 'My Faith, My Nation': Exploring the 'Natural' Affinity Between Orthodox Christianity and National Identity in Macedonia Violeta Duklevska Schubert 4. Nationalism and the Use of Cultural Heritage: Three Post-Socialist Macedonian Examples Davorin Trpeski 5. Conceptualizing Gender in Macedonia Victor C. de Munck & Davorin Trpeski Section Two: Towards Making Macedonia Multicultural 6. Is It Just a Song That Remains? Reflections On Turkish Minorities in Macedonia Burcu Akan Ellis 7. Why a Gypsy in Macedonia Does Not Know 'Correct' Islam Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic 8. Absent Roma, Imported Interest: 'Roma' as Subject and Agent in the Republic of Macedonia Shayna Plaut 9. Topography of Spatial and Temporal Ruptures: (Im)materialities of (post)socialism in a northern town in Macedonia Rozita Dimova 10. Africa:Europe::Albania:Macedonia- A zero-sum, ecological fallacy theory of ethnic divisiveness Victor C. de Munck & Joseph Moldow Section Three: Nationalism and the Environment 11. National Purities, Ecological Disasters: Greek modernity and the war on nature Anastasia Karakasidou 12. 'Kapka po kapka' (drop by drop): Civil Society and Rural Ecology in the Prespa Lake region of Macedonia Jonathan Matthew Schwartz Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB11930005
• ISBN:
  • 9781848859364
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 302 p., [5] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 305.80094976
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Macedonia (Republic)
  • LCSH : Macedonia (Republic) -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA26303974