Ideologies and National Identities The Case of Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe

Twentieth-century Southeastern Europe endured three, separate decades of international and civil war, and was marred in forced migration and wrenching systematic changes. This book is the result of a year-long project by the Open Society Institute to examine and reappraise this tumultuous century.

A cohort of young scholars with backgrounds in history, anthropology, political science, and comparative literature were brought together for this undertaking. The studies invite attention to fascism, socialism, and liberalism as well as nationalism and Communism. While most chapters deal with war and confrontation, they focus rather on the remembrance of such conflicts in shaping today's ideology and national identity.

Contents
Introduction - John R. Lampe: Reconnecting the 20th Century Histories of Southeastern Europe; Chapter 1 - Constantin Iordachi: Charisma, Religion and Ideology: Romania's Interwar Legion of the Archangel Michael; Chapter 2 - Mark Biondich: 'We were defending the State': Nationalism, Myth, and Memory in 20th century Croatia; Chapter 3 - Sandra Prlenda: Young, Religious and Radical: The Croat Catholic Youth Organizations 1922 - 1945; Chapter 4 - James Frusetta: Common Heroes, Divided Claims. IMRO between Macedonia and Bulgaria; Chapter 5 - Andrew B. Wachtel: How to Use a Classic: Petar Petrovic Njegoš in the 20th Century; Chapter 6 - Ildiko Erdei: 'The happy child' as the icon of socialist transformation:Yugoslavia's Pioneer Organization; Chapter 7 - Maja Brkljacic: Popular Culture and Communist Ideology: Folk Epics in Tito's Yugoslavia; Chapter 8 - Rossitza Guentcheva: Sounds and Noise in Socialist Bulgaria; Chapter 9 - Robert C. Austin: Greater Albania: The Albanian State and the Question of Kosovo, 1912 - 2001; Chapter 10 - Marko Bulatovic: Struggling with Yugoslavism: Dilemmas of Interwar Serb Political Thought; Chapter 11 - Dejan Jovic: Communist Yugoslavia and Its 'Others'