Imagined Empires

Tracing Imperial Nationalism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-963-386-177-6
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

The Balkans offer classic examples of how empires imagine they can transform themselves into national states (Ottomanism) and how nation-states project themselves into future empires (as with the Greek “Great Idea” and the Serbian “Nacertaniye”). By examining the interaction between these two aspirations this volume sheds light on the ideological prerequisites for the emergence of Balkan nationalisms.

With a balance between historical and literary contributions, the focus is on the ideological hybridity of the new national identities and on the effects of “imperial nationalisms” on the emerging Balkan nationalisms. The authors of the twelve essays reveal the relation between empire and nation-state, proceeding from the observation that many of the new nation-states acquired some imperial features and behaved as empires. This original and stimulating approach reveals the imperialistic nature of so-called ethnic or cultural nationalism.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stamatopoulos, Dimitris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, PART I. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRES, PART II. THE BALKAN EMPIRES, PART III. EASTERN SLAVIC EMPIRES, PART IV. OTTOMAN UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS, List of Contributors, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dimitris Stamatopoulos is Associate Professor at the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.