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Authoritarian Past, Dystopian Present - Identity in Conflicted "North" Macedonia

Hoff, Erik LU (2019) SANK02 20191
Social Anthropology
Abstract
This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian... (More)
This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian identity in the setting of the Balkan region and use primarily constructivist theories on nation to investigate the conflicting identities in the post-Yugoslav republic. This thesis looks at what people I met in unofficial circumstances feel about their identity as ”north” Macedonians and their view of their country. (Less)
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author
Hoff, Erik LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social Anthropology, North Macedonia, Identity, Nation & Nationalism
language
English
id
8994803
date added to LUP
2019-09-12 12:21:08
date last changed
2019-09-12 12:21:08
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  abstract     = {{This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. The current government pushed through the name change despite a failed referendum in order to pursue EU and NATO membership previously blocked by Greece. This thesis explores the identity of Macedonians I would meet during a two week long fieldwork I conducted in April-May 2019. I contextualize Macedonian identity in the setting of the Balkan region and use primarily constructivist theories on nation to investigate the conflicting identities in the post-Yugoslav republic. This thesis looks at what people I met in unofficial circumstances feel about their identity as ”north” Macedonians and their view of their country.}},
  author       = {{Hoff, Erik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Authoritarian Past, Dystopian Present - Identity in Conflicted "North" Macedonia}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}