HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL (NON)- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS

CONEV, Blagoj (2025) HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL (NON)- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS. Journal for Peacebuilding and Transcultural Communication, 5 (9-10). pp. 9-16.

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Abstract

When we talk about Europe in its cultural borders, it must be noted that the very same borders largely exceed the political ones of the European Union. Namely, if until now we imagined Europe only as the part that is geographically located west of the rivers Oder, Danube and Sava, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Europe is starting to open to its East and to absorb the territories that historically have always belonged to the continent. Namely, that is the Central part of the continent, but also the Southeast, which is known under its geographical determinant as the Balkans. But, although politically that old Europe is more and more successful in taking over Central Europe, both politically and economically and also culturally, it seems to has a problem with the Balkans. The focus of research in this text will be focused on the fact that the problem that does not arise because the Balkans themselves is not part of Europe, but because the Balkans themselves, in addition to embodying Europe in a nutshell, ie its history throughout European history, is a blind spot on the continent that has always been a pejorative for the Europeans themselves. Hence the hypothesis that will be proven in this text: “Although it is culturally and politically pejorative, the Balkans is still an inseparable part of Europe”. This hypothesis will be operationalized by comparative analysis through the working thesis that: Balkans' culture represents the core of European cultural diversity and provides the foundation of the European motto - In varietate concordia.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Europe, Balkans, Culture, Politics, Diversity.
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Law
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email zshi@unite.edu.mk
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2025 09:31
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2025 09:31
URI:	http://eprints.unite.edu.mk/id/eprint/1997

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