Constructing the Albanian Nation through Discourse Continuity and Change in Three Periods in Modern History of Albania

2008-01-01
Sulstarova, Enis
Köksal, Pınar
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This article analyzes the continuity and change in the nationalist discourse in Albania during the three periods of its modern history, National Awakening (1878-1912), Communism (1944-1990), and Post-Communism (1990-2002) by looking at the three basic approaches of the literature on ethnic studies: primordialism, circumstantialism, and constructionism. We aim to show how the actors of nationalist discourse construct a 'primordial' Albanian identity in different, yet somehow consistent ways over these three periods depending on the different economic, political and social circumstances.
Modern History, Communism, Postcommunism, Ethnicity, Nationalism
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84972
Albanian Journal of Politics
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Article

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E. Sulstarova and P. Köksal, “Constructing the Albanian Nation through Discourse Continuity and Change in Three Periods in Modern History of Albania,” Albanian Journal of Politics, pp. 98–125, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84972.
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