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Parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l'Albanie communiste et post-communiste

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2631402
AutoresG De Rapper (0000-0002-6481-1676, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume4
Fascículo4
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean journal of Turkish studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1773-0546 • E-ISSN: 1773-0546
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/ejts.565
OpenAlexW1634941895
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas2

During Communist times in Albania (1944-1991) everyone was defined, evaluated and classified through his or her « biography » [biografi], which was a judgement, in political terms, on one’s personality, acts and familial background. The « biography » was largely responsible for the authorities’ attitude towards the individual. In this paper, I try to understand what the word « biography » (and the phrase « good/bad biography ») meant for the people themselves. It appears that « biography » is often synonymous with « family or lineage background ». Such an observation leads to explain, in a second step, « biography » as the conjunction of a political concept, the « class struggle » as it was understood by both the authorities and the people, and the family or lineage [fis] as an institution of Albanian society. Finally, the paper suggests an interpretation of « biography » in terms of « purity », « stain » and naturalisation of differences

Biography · Judgement · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy