ISBN:
9780472902880
,
0472902881
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Ethnic conflict
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kriještorac, Mirsad First nationalism then identity
DDC:
305.6970949742
Keywords:
Muslims Ethnic identity
;
Muslims History
;
Nationalism
;
Group identity
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / European Studies
;
Ethnic relations
;
Group identity
;
Muslims
;
Muslims - Ethnic identity
;
Nationalism
;
Politics and government
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
;
History
;
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ethnic relations
;
History
;
Bosnia and Herzegovina Politics and government
;
Bosnia and Herzegovina
;
History.
Abstract:
First Nationalism Then Identity focuses on the case of Bosnian Muslims, a rare historic instance of a new nation emerging. Although for Bosnian Muslims the process of national emergence and the assertion of a new salient identity have been going on for over two decades, Mirsad Kriještorac is the first to explain the significance of the whole process and how the adoption of their new Bosniak identity occurred. He provides a historical overview of Yugoslav and Bosnian Slavic Muslims' transformation into a full-fledged distinct and independent national group as well as addresses the important question in the field of nationalism studies about the relationship between and workings of nationalism and identity. While this book is noteworthy for ordinary readers interested in the case of Bosnian Muslims, it is an important contribution to the scholarly debate on the role of nationalism in the political life of a group and adds an interdisciplinary perspective to comparative politics scholarship by drawing from anthropology, history, geography, and sociology...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/103219/
URL:
https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=7102674
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