CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Waldhuber, Natalija |
|---|---|
| Title | SHIFTING DISCOURSES OF NESTING ORIENTALISMS: THE CASE OF WESTERN BALKAN FRAGMENTATION |
| Summary | This paper examines the issue of Western Balkan fragmentation in the context of the EU enlargement process through a post-colonial lens. The project is based on theoretical and conceptual framework and a discourse analysis of political statements in Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian media. Theoretical framework, based on Edward Said’s orientalism and its applications to the Balkans, demonstrates that the Balkans have been perceived as the “other” of Europe. Analysis of the concept of “nesting orientalism” then shows that the Balkan nations internalize the Western “othering” and, in their desire to rise on the Western hegemonic scale, orientalize the rest of the region. The discourse analysis concludes that the fragmentation has occurred because of certain hierarchies that have been consolidated by a type of “othering” that is based on how the accession countries position one another vis-à-vis the European integration process. The thesis also contributes to the field conceptually because it demonstrates that the concept of "nesting orientalism" is still current, but that ways of “othering” within the Balkans have shifted. |
| Supervisor | Kurowska Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/waldhuber_natalija.pdf |
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