Stojanovski, Strasko and Marolov, Dejan (2015) The Balkan Muslim discourse: Identity among the Muslims of Slavic origin. New Balkan Politics, 17. ISSN 1409-8709
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Abstract
The Balkan Muslim discourse is determined by many factors that are synthesized within a complex identity system of interdependence. Ethnicity, language, culture, customs, religion, and geographical factors, together with the urban rural character of the communities determine the collective sense of solidarity and building of national affiliations. Of course, this section should also mention the factor of political mobilization, which has been intensified in certain historical periods. The basis of the identities, which originated in the late Ottoman Millet confessional structure is upgraded with the invention of the Western ideologies, primarily the national ideology. But in many of the Balkan countries, which in fact were constituted on basis of the Christian identity, the Muslims of the same language, cultural and ethnical origin, i.e. the Muslims of Slavic origin, were often excluded. Such examples will contribute to the construction of new forms of solidarity, even new national identities and affiliations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Political Science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law |
| Depositing User: | Dejan Marolov |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2015 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2015 11:41 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/13601 |
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