WARS, STATES AND NATIONALISMS: FROM WESTERN EUROPE TO THE BALKANS

AUTHOR(S) / AUTOR(I): Siniša Malešević

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DOI: 10.46793/7494.189.203M

ABSTRACT / SAŽETAK:

This chapter focuses on the historical dynamics of wars, states and nationalisms in the Balkans. It explores the structural determinants of cultural transfer with the spotlight on the organisational and ideological interaction between Western and Southeast Europe. I analyse how the proliferation of warfare impacted the formation of new nation-states in the Balkans in the 19th and early 20th centuries. I also zoom in on the ideological transformations and examine the development and expansion of nationalist ideas and practices in the region. The chapter emphasises the centrality of geopolitical changes for the direction and impact of cultural transfer. While the expansion of inter-state warfare played an important role in state formation, this process was historically very uneven. It also generated highly stratified social orders that were characterised by feeble civil societies, economic underdevelopment, authoritarian rule and weak cross-class national identifications.

KEYWORDS / KLJUČNE REČI:

Wars, Balkans, nationalisms, ideology, cultural transfer

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