TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stamatopoulos,Dēmētrios
TI  - Imagined empires: tracing imperial nationalism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe 
SN  - 9633861780
AV  - DR38 .I434 2021
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Balkan Peninsula
KW  - History
KW  - National characteristics, Balkan
KW  - Religion and state
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "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 "Načertaniye"). 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"--
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