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Bittersweet Europe Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008 1st Edition

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Full Title

Bittersweet Europe Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008 1st Edition

Author(s)

Adrian Brisku

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780857459855, 9780857459848

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

From the late nineteenth century to the post-communist period, Albanian and Georgian political and intellectual elites have attributed hopes to “Europe,” yet have also exhibited ambivalent attitudes that do not appear likely to vanish any time soon. Albanians and Georgians have evoked, experienced, and continue to speak of “Europe” according to a tense triadic entity—geopolitics, progress, culture—which has generated aspirations as well as delusions towards it and themselves. This unique dichotomy weaves a nuanced, historical account of a changing Europe, continuously marred by uncertainties that greatly affect these countries’ domestic politics as well as foreign policy decisions. A systematic and rich account of how Albanians and Georgians view Europe, this book offers a fresh perspective on the vast East/West literature and, more broadly, on European intellectual, cultural, and political history.