TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Curious Case of Albanian  Nationalism: the Crooked Line from a  Scattered Array of Clans to a  Nation-State
TT  - The Curious Case of Albanian Nationalism: the Crooked Line from a Scattered Array of Clans to a Nation-State
AU  - Rrapaj, Jonilda
AU  - Kolasi, Klevis
PY  - 2013
DA  - May
DO  - 10.1501/Intrel_0000000290
JF  - The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 0544-1943
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
IS  - 44
LA  - en
AB  - Albanian nationalism has been largely studied by overlooking the state of art of theoretical discussions on nationalism, focusing merely on chronological narratives which after a point tend to replicate themselves. This paper embraces the modernist theories of nationalism in order to explain the emergence of Albanian nationalism and its consolidation during the post-independence period under the auspices of Albanian nation-state. Thus it rethinks many of the conceptual understandings which underpin Albanian historiography and have acquired as such an orthodox status within popular culture. We argue that Albanian nationalism can be better understood within a broader structural framework which restricted and enabled the political elites to construct an Albanian nation
KW  - The Curious Case
KW  - the Crooked Line
KW  - Scattered Array
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000290
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/844921
ER  -