Time and narrative

Temporality, memory, and instant history of Balkan wars

Bibliographic Data

ID4356186
AuthorsEnika Abazi (0000-0003-2482-5691, Paris Peace Research Institute, France), A Doja (0000-0001-5378-8362, Université de Lille, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume27
Issue2
Pages239-272
Publication date2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x16678249
OpenAlexW2560340772
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited84

In this article, we explore the ways in which from the beginning to the end of twentieth century different temporalities and historicizations stemming from different narrative perspectives on the Balkan wars have constructed different commonplace, timeworn and enduring representations. In practical terms, we take issue with several patterns of narratives, such as the sensationalism of media industry, the essentialization of collective memory, the securitization of imaginary threats and the pacifist activism of normative transformations. It is our contention to argue that they historicize certain moments of rupture, which are subsequently used and misused to construct an anachronistic representation of Southeast Europe that may conceal hidden interests. Contrastingly, an alternative narrative that emphasizes a "history from below" as an apperception of the temporality of being can offer a revisionist approach that may show the futility of ahistorical accounts. 1

Aesthetics · Anachronism · Art · Collective memory · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Normative · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subjectivity · Temporalities · Temporality · The Imaginary · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society

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