{"title":"Davorka Ljubisic","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the poignant narratives of Davorka Ljubisic, where themes of identity, displacement, and resilience intertwine. Explore her compelling works and discover stories that resonate with the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"politics-of-sorrow-the-disintegration-of-yugoslavia-book-davorka-ljubisic-9781551642321","title":"A Politics Of Sorrow - The Disintegration of Yugoslavia","description":"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land. --Euripides \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Yugoslav tragedy is a story about crimes committed with extraordinary boldness and deception, propagated by the politicians and by the media from both inside, and outside, the former Yugoslavia. This mixture, at the heart of the conflict, provoked the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in Europe since World War II. Written in memory to a lost homeland, to the people who died, and to the people who survived--especially the refugees, displaced internally or dispersed throughout the world--this book is a powerful commentary on war itself that provides insight into the roles that history, ethnic nationalism, and religious differences can play in modern conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA finely crafted historical dialectics that refuses to give into dualist explanations about 'the crimes' and eventually the death of the former Republic of Yugoslavia, as resulting from either 'bad' primordial ancient hatreds and ethnic nationalism, or from the lack of some civic nationalism in the form of 'good' but artificially constructed communities. The author follows Hannah Arendt in charting the history of a long century of 'statelessness, rightlessness and homelessness' in the region brought on by externally imposed balkanization. Every step of the way we are warned against those who preach the purity of ethnos over demos, or conversely, those who seek the bureaucratic disconnection of ethnos from demos as an ideal solution. --Greg M. Nielsen, Concordia University, author of The Norms of Answerability: Social Theory Between Bakhtin and Habermas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe strength of Ljubisic's work is the seamless way it moves from one level to another, first analyzing events in the former Yugoslavia at the level of state politics, then shifting to a discussion of the international context, and finally, and most importantly, describing the impacts of these events at the individual level. In the process, she provides a comprehensive analysis of these confusing events and a much needed contribution to the literature. This is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the recent history of the Balkan region. --Neil Gerlach, Carelton University, author of The Genetic Imaginary: DNA in the Canadian Criminal Justice System \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTable of Contents \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Theories of the Nation and Nationalism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNationalism and Multiculturalism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Origins of the Nation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrimordial Versus Imagined Community \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER TWO: The National Question in Yugoslavia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Yugoslav Idea \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViability of Yugoslavia and the Avoidable War \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER THREE: 'Divide and Rule' Politics of External Balkanization \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Old World Orders in the Balkans \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYugoslavia and the New World Order \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Ethnic Cleansing in Multinational Yugoslavia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Purification' of Heterogeneous Territories \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMultiethnic Resistance to the War \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: Stateless Peoples \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTotalitarian Solutions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHundred Years of Statelessness \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebuilding Home in Multicultural Montreal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObstacles to Integration \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCONCLUSION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBibliography \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndex \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDAVORKA LJUBISIC holds a BA from the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia and an MA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. 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