TY - BOOK AU - Hajdarpasic,Edin TI - Whose Bosnia?: Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840–1914 SN - 9781501701115 AV - DR1725 .H35 2016 U1 - 320.54094974209034 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - Nationalism KW - Bosnia and Herzegovina KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Anthropology KW - Political Science & Political History KW - West European History KW - HISTORY / Europe / Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - Bosnia, World War I, nationalisms, political movements, modern politics, assimilation N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Maps --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Whose Bosnia? --; 1. The Land of the People --; 2. The Land of Suffering --; 3. Nationalization and Its Discontents --; 4. Year X, or 1914? --; 5. Another Problem --; Epilogue: Another Bosnia --; Notes --; Index; restricted access N2 - As Edin Hajdarpasic shows, formative contestations over Bosnia and the surrounding region began well the assassination that triggered World War I, emerging with the rise of new nineteenth-century forces—Serbian and Croatian nationalisms, and Ottoman, Habsburg, Muslim, and Yugoslav political movements—that claimed this province as their own. Whose Bosnia? reveals the political pressures and moral arguments that made Bosnia a prime target of escalating nationalist activity. Hajdarpasic provides new insight into central themes of modern politics, illuminating core subjects like "the people," state-building, and national suffering. Whose Bosnia? proposes a new figure in the history of nationalism: the (br)other, a character signifying the potential of being "brother" and "Other," containing the fantasy of complete assimilation and insurmountable difference. By bringing this figure into focus, Whose Bosnia? shows nationalism to be a dynamic and open-ended force, one that eludes a clear sense of historical closure UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501701115 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501701115 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501701115/original ER -