1st Edition

Memories of Empire and Entry into International Society Views from the European periphery

Edited By Filip Ejdus Copyright 2017
184 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

What is the role of memories for the expansion of international society? By drawing on the English School approach to International Relations this edited volume argues that the memories of empire and suzerainty are key to understanding sociological aspects of the expansion of anarchical society. The expert contributors adopt a socio-historic conceptualization of entry into international society,... Read more

1. Introduction

[Iver B. Neumann]

2. Belarus’ Entry into International Society: Between a Small Nation-State and Big Narratives

[Aliaksei Kazharski]

3. Bulgaria’s (Re)Entry into International Society

[Dimitar Bechev]

4. Greece’s Entry into International Society

[Yannis A. Stivachtis]

5. Through the East to the West: Poland’s (re)entry into international society and the sway of memories of the Polish Golden Age

[Dominika Wozniak]

6. From Dacia to Modern Europe: imagined temporal bridges and the politics of identity construction

[Alexandra Gheciu]

7. Memories of Empire and Serbia’s Entry into International Society

[Filip Ejdus]

8. Slovakia’s Layered Entry into International Society and the Possibilities of its Exit

[Jozef Bátora]

9. Conclusion

[Filip Ejdus]

Biography

Filip Ejdus is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), University of Bristol, UK, and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia.