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A War of Myths: Creation of the Founding Myth of Kosovo Albanians
A War of Myths: Creation of the Founding Myth of Kosovo Albanians

Author(s): Vedran Obućina
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Centar za politološka istraživanja
Keywords: Kosovo; Albanians; founding myth; memory; identity politics

Summary/Abstract: A distinctive Albanian character is present in the shaping of Kosovo’s statehood. The official politics of history and identity diminish the importance of other ethnic communities and focuses on Albanian mythology, represented by mixture of contemporary and historical personalities, events, places and memories. Integrative and European-leaning from outside, Kosovo is more and more particular and Albanian from inside, leaving many doubts and uncertainties about the intercultural future of Europe’s newest state.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 30-44
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English