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The Balkanization of the West : the confluence of postmodernism and postcommunism / Stjepan G. Mestrovic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Post-communism.
- Postmodernism--Social aspects.
- Postmodernism.
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Passionate, vigorous and uncompromising this book takes the lid off the confused Western response to the Balkan war. The author raises a series of timely and acute questions about the future of postmodernism and postcommunism. The author claims that the Balkan war has de-railed the movement for unification in Europe. The Islamic world has seen that the West is quite willing to bomb Muslim targets, from Iraq to Somalia, but absolutely unwilling to wage a `just war' to save the Bosnian Muslims. He concludes that the Balkan war is a key catalyst in the unravelling of the West.
- Contents:
- From the postmodern culture of fun to the grim realities of postcommunism; Still hunting Nazis, and losing reality; Unwelcome alternatives; The postmodernist as voyeur; The end of morality?; What went wrong with the Enlightenment project?; What would a genuine post-Marxism be like?; Conclusions; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-88259-9
- 1-134-88260-2
- 1-280-06390-4
- 9786610063901
- 0-203-34464-2
- 0-415-24577-X
- 9780203344644
- OCLC:
- 475914266
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