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List: ALBSA-Info[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] New Books: Greece, Albanian Identity, Symbols in SerbiaAgron Alibali aalibali at yahoo.comFri Nov 22 06:48:26 EST 2002
Florian Bieber <bieberf at gmx.net> wrote:From Florian Bieber Fri Nov 15 06:06:04 2002 X-Apparently-To: aalibali at yahoo.com via 216.136.172.46; 21 Nov 2002 00:24:20 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from 66.218.66.88 (HELO n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.88) by qmail5.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 2002 00:24:20 -0800 (PST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-1148209-1927-1037867034-aalibali=YAHOO.COM at returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Nov 2002 08:23:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 19148 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2002 08:23:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Nov 2002 08:23:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.87) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 2002 08:23:54 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: bieberf at gmx.net Received: from [66.218.67.144] by n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Nov 2002 08:23:53 -0000 X-Sender: bieberf at gmx.net X-Apparently-To: balkans at yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 15 Nov 2002 14:05:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 7716 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2002 14:05:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 Nov 2002 14:05:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.65.60) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 2002 14:04:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 3166 invoked by uid 0); 15 Nov 2002 14:04:55 -0000 Received: from ch10.beograd-3.tehnicom.net (HELO FlorianDesktop.gmx.net) (62.193.130.76) by mail.gmx.net (mp021-rz3) with SMTP; 15 Nov 2002 14:04:55 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20021115150527.00bdad18 at pop.gmx.net> X-Sender: 3694699 at pop.gmx.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 To: balkans at yahoogroups.com From: Florian Bieber X-Yahoo-Profile: fbieber X-eGroups-Approved-By: fbieber via web; 21 Nov 2002 08:23:53 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list balkans at yahoogroups.com; contact balkans-owner at yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list balkans at yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:06:04 +0100 Subject: [balkans] New Books: Greece, Albanian Identity, Symbols in Serbia Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="txz7zhEzj4abHr73nNTWn-6MAGJKVtoOmA729RT" Content-Length: 8025 GREECE: THE MODERN SEQUEL JOHN S. KOLIOPOULOS and THANOS M. VEREMIS This new exploration of Greece's modern past is organised in thematic categories such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography and culture. The chapters and subchapters in each category follow no strict chronological sequence, but focus on questions that seek to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon. Nor do the authors pretend to offer a dispassionate analysis, but rather make clear their predilection for the principles that inspired the founding fathers of the Greek state - natives and foreigners. These founding principles are juxtaposed to indigenous norms and practices, and the outcome of the tension between opposing forces is assessed in each case. The discussion of these themes is above all a commentary on issues raised about Greece in the last decade of the twentieth century, and at the same time a rejoinder to views obscured by nationalism and caricatures created by complacent onlookers. Challenging established notions and certain stereotypes that disfigure Greece is meant to encourage a fresh look at the country and its people. The reward of such a look might be what the authors have discovered in their own joint venture: that the subject of their study is in many ways more in keeping with modernity than is customarily believed. John S. Koliopoulos is Professor of Modern Greek History at the University of Thessaloniki and the author of many books including Brigands with a Cause (OUP, 1987) and Plundered Loyalties (Hurst, 1999). Thanos Veremis is Professor of Political History at Athens University and President of the board of ELIAMEP (the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy). His The Military in Greek Politics was published by Hurst in 1997. xiv, 407pp. Dec. 2002 Hbk: £45.00 1-85065-462-X Pbk: £14.95 1-85065-463-8 Contents: Politics: A Regime to Suit the Nation - Government and People Institutions: The Church - The Military - The Economy - Education: The Mighty Greek School - Society: Peasants - The Middle Class - Migrants and Refugees - Heroes and Heroic Deeds - Crime and Impunity Ideology: Fashioning the New Nation - Demarcating the Past - The Return of the Hellenes - Greeks and Others - Europe in Greece Foreign Policy: National Geography A Northern Boundary - The Frontier and Beyond - War for Land THE STRUGGLE FOR GREECE, 1941-1949 C.M. WOODHOUSE Introduction by Richard Clogg As commander of the Allied Military Mission to the Greek guerrillas in Greece in 1943-4, C.M. Woodhouse had to hold an uneasy balance between the Communist and government sides. Against a background of conflicting Communist doctrine, shifting foreign alliances, territorial disputes and personality differences, the Communist struggle for Greece unfolded in three rounds. The first began in 1941 with the German occupation of Greece when the National Liberation Front attempted to regain control of the country and overthrow the monarchy. In the second round, the Communists tried to seize power at the end of the German occupation in December 1944 and were frustrated by the intervention of British forces. The third round (1946-9) was marked by US intervention, UN fact-finding missions, and the shift from guerrilla tactics to conventional warfare. The Communists were weakened by internal feuding and overcome by the US forces. The author based his research for this classic account, first published in 1976 and long out of print, on interviews with participants, documentary sources and his own unique experience. He analyses the characters, ideologies and events behind one of the longest and bitterest civil wars of modern times. C.M. Woodhouse (1917-2001) was the author of several standard works on modern Greek history. Richard Clogg, Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, contributes an introduction, which also surveys C.M. Woodhouse's career. xxviii, 324pp. Dec. 2002 Pbk: £16.50 1-85065-487-5 Hbk: £40.00 1-85065-492-1 Contents: I: The First Round Prelude to Revolution - Resistance and Reaction - War on Two Fronts - II: The Second Round Return to Legality - The December Events - The Bitter Truce - III: The Third Round Disorder into Guerrilla War - Guerrillas into Battle Order - Deadlock and Stalemate - The Final Breakthrough. ALBANIAN IDENTITIES Myth and History Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers and Bernd J. Fischer "... challenges some long-held assumptions regarding significant episodes in Albania's past, sheds light on aspects of Albania life that have yet to be fully explored, and provides new insights and perspectives for interpreting the Albanian experience.... a pioneering effort in English-language studies of Albania." - Nicholas C. Pano Albanian history is permeated by myths and mythical narratives that often serve political purposes, from the depiction of the legendary "founder of the nation", Skanderbeg, to the exploits of the KLA in the recent Kosovo War. The essays in Albanian Identities, by a multinational, multidisciplinary team of scholars and non-academic specialists, deconstruct prevalent political or historiographical myths about Albania's past and present, bringing to light the ways in which Albanian myths have started to justify and direct violence, buttress political power, and foster internal cohesion. Albanian Identities demonstrates the power which myths still possess to this day, as they underpin political and social processes in crisis-ridden post-totalitarian Albania. Stepahnie Schwandner-Sievers is Lecturer and Nash Fellow in Albanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Bernd J. Fischer is Professor of History at Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne, and author of Albania at War 1939-1945. xvii, 238pp. October 2002 Hbk: £35.00 1-85065-571-5 Pbk: £ 14.95 1-85065-572-3 THE POLITICS OF SYMBOL IN SERBIA Ivan Colovic Translated from the Serbian by Celia Hawkesworth For Colovic, symbols are central to politics. Not only do they provide the means to acquire and maintain power: the very business of exerting and retaining power is seen as having a symbolic side. He develops this idea by investigating the symbols of politics and the politics of symbols in Serbia and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. The first part of the work, 'The Serbian Political Ethno-Myth', analyses Serbian political mythology about the nation, in particular the role of narratives in political discourse and notions of time, nature, borders, heroism and national identity. The second part, 'From the History of Serbian Political Mythology', is concerned with the historical development of Serbian political myths. The third part, 'Characters and Figures of Power', comprises case studies - taken from the Serbian press, academic texts and literature, political speeches and from everyday life - which analyze political symbolism, myth, rhetoric and propaganda. The final part, 'The Age of the Crowd', investigates the relationship between the masses, mass culture and politics, including the recruitment of football supporters into the war in the former Yugoslavia and how symbolic communication has been used by Serbia's anti-Milosevic opposition. Ivan Colovic is one of the most widely respected social theorists from the former Yugoslavia but till now his influential writings have not been available in English, although they have been translated into French and German. He has published widely on urban and political anthropology and ethno-linguistics and has also translated Barthes and Bataille into Serbo-Croat. Celia Hawkesworth is Senior Lecturer in Serbian and Croatian at S.S.E.E.S.-UCL. Her recent translations include Dubravka Ugresic's The Culture of Lies and The Museum of Unconditional Surrender (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998). x, 328pp. October 2002 Hbk: £25.00 1-85065-472-7 Pbk: £16.50 1-85065-465-4 Contents: I The Serbian Political Ethno-Myth - II From the History of Serbian Political Mythology - III Characters and Figures of Power - IV The Age of the Crowd TO ORDER A COPY OF ANY OF THESE BOOKS, SEE BELOW Please complete the form below and return together with your payment to: C. Hurst & Co. 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