TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jim Hlavac
AU  - Victor Friedman
PY  - 2015
CY  - , Germany
PB  - Biblion
SN  - 1868-2936
SN  - 9783866885356
TI  - On Macedonian Matters: from the Partition and Annexation of Macedonia in 1913 to the Present
T2  - A Collection of Essays on Language, Culture and History
DO  - 10.3726/b11890
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056227
N2  - Since the fall of communism in 1989, cross-border co-operation between neighbouring states has become a feature of the 'common European home' project. A prominent exception to this trend is Macedonia which today is still subjected to blockade politics and the absence of respect and recognition for Macedonian language, nationality and ethnicity. As a part of Europe under the control of the Ottomans until 1912, Macedonia was less captured by the allure of national romanticism than other areas of Europe, and an embryonic notion of multi-national statehood appeared there. This notion was based on local and regional practices that encompassed groups with different linguistic, cultural and religious heritages rather than being based exclusively on ethnic or religious affiliations. Such a conception of 'nation' ­ which could perhaps provide an aspirational model for many post-industrial, multi-cultural societies in Western Europe in the 21st century ­ was suppressed by the 19th-century nationalism that still characterises much of European politics. This multi-disciplinary book of 15 papers features contributions from historians, political analysts, social theorists, linguists, educationalists and legal specialists tracing the consequences of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and the partition of Macedonia on the social, cultural and linguistic landscape of this region.
KW  - Macedonia, multi-national statehood, Balkan Wars, multi-cultural societies, fall of communism
LA  - English
ER  -