Western Balkan memory games
Western Balkan memory games
Author(s): Simone BenazzoSubject(s): Politics, Political Essay, Societal Essay, Geopolitics
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Western Balkans;historical policy;memory and identity
Summary/Abstract: In the Western Balkans, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian authorities are all tenaciously engaged in shaping memory, confirming that for nationalist aspirations forgetting is just as important as remembering. They adopt a cherry-picking and identity-driven approach in moulding memory politics in a revisionist fashion.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 03+04 (27)
- Page Range: 48-54
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
