Nationalism in the Balkans – national myths, culture, politics 3620-NBNM-H-OG

The lecture aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the development of national movements in the Balkans from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. This process will be described not so much as a series of historical events, uprisings and uprisings, the creation of nation states and territorial changes, but as a continuous cooperation between the sphere of ideas, politics and broadly understood cultural changes. The point here is to discuss national movements somewhat far from the idealization typical of national-centric historiography, but also without falling into excessive criticism, as is often the case when discussing nationalism. The basic analytical framework will be the concept of the three stages of the development of national movements developed by the Czech historian Miroslav Hroch, but appropriately enriched with such analytical approaches as the concept of "invented tradition" by Eric Hobsbaw and Terence Ranger, "imagined community" by Benedict Anderson, or stages of development of nations by Krzysztof Pomian. The scope of the topics of the lecture will be determined by various political and historical breakthroughs, such as Tanzimat in the Ottoman Empire, the Berlin Congress, the revolution of the Young Turks in 1908, the First and Second World Wars, and the fall of communism, which will be the closing brace

Prerequisites (description)

Classic lecture combined with audiovisual materials.

Course coordinators

Rigels Halili

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Remote learning

Learning outcomes

Student after completing the course:
Knowledge:
- has extended knowledge of intellectual debates, the most important discussions and currents of socio-political thought in the Balkans against the background of continental processes K_W01
- has in-depth knowledge of the latest history of the Balkans, understands cultural and national differences and their impact on intellectual life in the Balkan countries K_W03
- has extensive knowledge of current events in the Balkans and the political and economic situation in the Balkan countries K_W04
Skills:
- can design and understand their own research process K_U02
- can discuss issues related to their own research K_U03
- can accurately assess contemporary political, social and economic changes in the Balkans, their origins and their determinants K_U04
Social competence:
- participates in various projects in the field of international relations K_K04
- has a deep awareness of the importance of the principles of ethnic and interfaith coexistence for the formation of social bonds K_K05
- is pre-prepared to work as an expert in the field of knowledge about the contemporary Balkans in national and local government administration, international institutions, diplomacy, Polish enterprises operating on eastern markets, mass media as well as research and expert centers cooperating with the countries of the region. K_K06.

Assessment criteria

Class attendance is compulsory, only two absences are allowed, others must be completed on call. Credit is obtained on the basis of attendance and a final essay on a topic selected and previously consulted with the lecturer. Essay Requirements: up to 7 pages, Times New Roman, 12, 1.5 spaces, equipped with a scientific apparatus, footnotes and bibliography.

Practical placement

Bibliography

Theory:
1. Anderson B., Imagined communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Sec. ed., Verso, London 1991.
2. Beiner R. (ed.), Theorizing nationalism, State University of New York Press, Albany 1999.
3. Billig M., Banal nationalism, Sage Publications, Lodnon 1995.
4. Edensor T., National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life, Berg, Oxford 2002.
5. Hobsbawm E. J., Nations and nationalism since 1780. Programme myth, reality, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990.
6. Hutchinson J., Modern nationalism, Fontana Press, London 1994.
7. Kedourie E., Nationalism, Hutchinson University Library, London 1960.
8. Gellner E., Nations and nationalism, Blackwell, Oxford 1983.2006.
9. Minogue K.R., Nationalism, B. T. Batsford, London 1967.
10. Smith A. D., National identity, Penguin Books, London 1991.
11. Smith A. D., Nationalism and modernism. A critical survey of recent theories of nations and nationalism., Routledge, London and New York 1998.

Practice:
1. Boia L., Rumuni: świadomość, mity, historia, Kraków 2003.
2. Čolović I, Polityka symboli. Eseje o antropologii politycznej, Kraków 2001.
3. Demel J., Historia Rumunii, Wrocław 1986.
4. Dragović-Soso J., Saviours of the Nation, Serbia's Intellectual Opposition and the Revival of Nationalism, London 2002.
5. Gałązka W. (oprac. i red.), Naród i kultura: antologia esejów i artykułów o narodzie i kulturze bułgarskiej, Kraków 1985.
6. Hauziński J., Leśny J., Czekalski T., Historia Albanii, Wrocław 2010.
7. Jelavich B., Historia Bałkanów, T. I i II, Kraków 2005.
8. Pavlović S.K., Historia Bałkanów (1804-1945), Warszawa 2009.
9. Popov N., Serbski dramat. Od faszystowskiego populizmu do Miloševicia, Warszawa 1994.
10. Rapacka J., Godzina Herdera: o Serbach, Chorwatach i idei jugosłowiańskiej, Warszawa 1995.
11. Tanty M., Bałkany w XX wieku. Dzieje polityczne, Warszawa 2003
12. Tismaneanu V, Stalinizm na każdą okazję. Polityczna historia rumuńskiego komunizmu, przeł. P. Nowakowski, Kraków 2010.
13. Tismaneanu V, Wizje zbawienia, Warszawa 2000
14. Todorova M., Bałkany wyobrażone, Wołowiec 2008.
15. Wasilewski T., Felczak W, Historia Jugosławii, Wrocław 1985.
16. Wasilewski T., Historia Bułgarii, Wrocław 1988.
17. - D. Ugrešić, Kultura kłamstwa: (eseje antypolityczne), przeł. D. J. Ćirlić, Wołowiec 2006.

Notes

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