[ALST-L] Fwd: CFP: The Dialectics of Disintegration and Integration in the Balkans, Frankfurt/Oder

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Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 16:48:24 +0100
To: balkans at egroups.com
From: Florian Bieber <bieberf at ceu.hu>
Subject: [balkans] CFP: The Dialectics of Disintegration and Integration in the
 Balkans, Frankfurt/Oder

Call for Papers: The Dialectics of Disintegration and Integration in the
Balkans, Frankfurt/Oder, February 2000

If you are interested in participating in the following workshop contact
Mr. Lapinski until December 20 at lapinski at euv-frankfurt-o.de and indicate
the suggested topic for the paper and the preferred weekend in February 2000.

The beginnings of the process of system transformation was followed by
strong disintegrative tendencies. These political, economic and social
processes of decay became particularly visible in multinational
post-communist countries, especially in former Yugoslavia.
It is of interest to explore the question whether this disintegration could
be interpreted as a variant of end the real existing socialism. Is it a
process conflicting with globalization or rather a preparatory phase in
which societal factors fragment in order to regroup along new lines of
cleavage? Can the transformation be understood as process which replace on
type of integration with another? If yes, what is the new integrative
force? The reconceptualization of societal life applies not only to the
issue of potential integration of the Balkan Countries into the European
Union. Another as important issue is the development of foundations for a
multiethnic and transcultural Coexistence and/or good neighborliness in the
region.
The political events in former Yugoslavia have lead to strong changes in
the world view of many inhabitants of these new countries. Old historical
myths, national cultural traditions and identities associated with them
came to the foreground and influence the behavior of the actors in the past
decade. From this point of view, some research aspects for understanding of
the transformation process in Southeastern Europe gathers fundamental
importance.
Which types of world views emerged with the disintegration of Yugoslavia?
Which projections into the spheres of economics and politics can be
observed? Which risks, hurdles and opportunities have emerged from the
'Balkanization' of the Balkans for future integration in the region?



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