TY - JOUR T1 - PEOPLE'S CHARACTER AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE ALBANIAN “NATIONAL DELAY” AU - Hristov, Neno AU - Ninov, Marian PY - 2018 DA - August DO - 10.18769/ijasos.455653 JF - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences JO - IJASOS PB - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research WT - DergiPark SN - 2411-183X SP - 339 EP - 346 VL - 4 IS - 11 LA - en AB - The timeliness of the Albanian National Interesttoday appears delayed in comparison with the resolution of the nationalquestions of the neighbouring firmly established nations, such as theBulgarian, the Greek and the Serbian nations. As a reason for the Albanian“national delay” special attention receives religion, as pointed out by allresearchers surveyed for the article hereby. Religion itself, as a social phenomenon,has its own mutually intertwining reasons of economic and psychologicalcharacter. Religion, above all, is a product of collective psychology, of thecommon mentality of its bearers in a definite period of economic conditions.Ultimately, it can be assumed that the prevailing of the Muslim religion amongAlbanians (which is one of the main reasons for their “national delay”) is aphenomenon resulting from their collective psychology. This assumption allows approachingthe explanation of the Albanian “national delay” phenomenon and the answers tothe questions: “Why is it so with the Albanians? Why do they adopt Muslim inmajority?” in terms of the science national psychology, also referred to associal psychology. KW - Albanian National Question KW - Albanian National Delay. Albanian traditional spirit KW - Albanian people's character KW - Collective psychology of Albanians CR - Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Platformë për zgidhjen e çështjes kombëtare shqiptare, Shtëpia Botuese “Shkenca”, Tiranë, Tetor 1998. Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Historia të popullit shqiptar, vëllimi i dytë – Rilindja kombëtare, Botimet Toena, Tiranë, 2002. Castellan, Georges, „Histoire des Balkans (ХІVe–ХХe siecle), Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1991. Durham, Edith, Brenga e ballkanasve, „ARGETA-LMG”, Tiranë, 2000. Jelavich, Barbara, History of the Balkans, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Cambridge University Press, 1983. Konica, Faik, Vepra 2 (Proza e gjate dhe estetika), Dudaj, Tiranë, 2001. Milaj, Jakov, Raca shqiptare, Shtëpia Botuese Uegen, Tiranë, 2005. Moskovici, Serge, „La mashine à Faire des Dieux”, Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1988. Ninov M., „Natsionalnia harakter v savremennoto razvitie na albanskia natsionalen vapros“, spisanie „Geopolitika“, broy 1, 2016, Sofia, str.15-28 Skendi, Stavro, „Albanian National Awakening 1878-1912”, Princeton University Press, 1967. Todorova, Maria, Imagining the Balkans, Oxford University Press, 1997. Wundt, Wilhelm, Elements of Folk Psychology, Classics in the History of Psychology, an internet resources developed by Christopher D. Green, York University, Toronto, Ontario, posted July 2001. Zhelyazkova, Antonina, The Albanian identities, See: The fate of Muslim communities in the Balkans, Vol, 5, edited by Antonina Zhelyazkova, International Center for Minority Studies and International Relations, Sofia, 2000. Zhelyazkova, Antonina, The Albanian national problem and the Balkans, International Center for Minority Studies and International Relations, Sofia, 2001. Avreyski, Nikola, “Dalgiyat pat na emantsipatsiyata na narodopsihologiyata kato kompleksna nauka“, “Contemporary Humanitaristics” Journal, Burgas Free University, Centre of Humanities, issue 2, 2010. Bieber, Florian, Muslim Identity In The Balkans Before The Establishment of Nation States, Liberal review, Discussions – Europe, 2014, http://www.librev.com/index.php/discussion-europe-publisher/2549-2014-11-07-21-30-24. Bobev, Bobi, Albanskiyat faktor na Balkanite v kraya na ХХ i nachaloto na ХХІ v., In: Diplomacy in SOE, Sofia, 2009. Bobev, Bobi, Toma Kacori, Albania, “Otvoreno obshtestvo” , Publishing house, Sofia, 1998. Draganov, Mincho, Za nacionalniya harakter, “Philosophical Thought”, Journal, book 11, Sofia,1982. Manchev, Krastio, Natsionalniyat vapros na Balkanite, Academic Publishing house “Marin Drinov”, Sofia, 1999. Panov, Todor, Psihologiya na masite, Sofia, 1913. Semov, Marko, Bulgarska narodopsihologiya, University Publishing house “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, 2001. Toleva, Teodora, Vliyanieto na Avstro-Ungaria za sazdavaneto na albanskata natsiya, Sofia, SIELA, 2012 Trajkov, Veselin, Natsionalnite doktrini na balkanskite strani, “Znanie”, S., 2000. Haxhijaha, Gentiana, Albanian National Character, Publishing house “KOTA”, S., 2006. UR - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.455653 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/527729 ER -