The Swing of The Pendulum: Balkanism Between Semantic Proscription and Vindication
The Swing of The Pendulum: Balkanism Between Semantic Proscription and Vindication

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the shift in the perspective on the terms Balkan and its derivatives Balkanization and Balkanism from a negative connotative semantics towards a positive one. It traces the origins of the terms as a process of oustering and disects the source of the present volte-face. It relates the boost of interest in Blakan identity to the postcolonial ideology bringing forward a change in the geographical and socio-cultural shaping of the world while also unmasking the lack of substance underlying this increased preoccupation with the Balkans.

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