Ideologies of the Balkans

Ideologije Balkana

Course credits:

10.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 30 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

prof. dr. Mitja Velikonja

Type:

Required

Language:

Slovenian / english

Semester:

Full academic year

Study degree

3. level

Course execution:

• Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Short content

esearch of the ideological discourses of/in the Balkans, and their political implications. An interdisciplinary combination of knowledge and methods of different social sciences and humanities will be used to analyse contemporary Balkan political, national, religious, and cultural mythologies, the conditions of their creation, development, and their consequences. As well as specific Balkan ideologies broader ideological compositions will also be analysed, from those about the "united Europe" to global ones which are in accordance/conflict with Balkan ideologies.