CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Bailey, Faith Joell |
|---|---|
| Title | No Negotiations; Decolonization! A Discursive Mapping of Anticolonial Critique in Albanian Movements for Self Determination in Kosovo |
| Summary | This research examines how anticolonial discourse has been used by intellectuals and political activists to critique the actions of Serbian state and international intervention in Kosovo. In order to investigate the historical processes that have instigated the production of this discourse, this study takes an intellectual history approach to incorporate components of social movement theory and narrative studies to answer this central research question: Why has anticolonial discourse been a mobilizing factor for the Vetëvendosje movement? Data from six qualitative interviews contribute to my argument that such a discourse has been a mobilizing factor of the Kosovar movement for self-determination because: (i) Vetëvendosje engages in a two-part anticolonial critique—the first, against Yugoslavia and Serbia, the second, against the international protectorate—which narrates a tradition of Albanian resistance against hegemony. (ii) Vetëvendosje uses anticolonial discourse strategically and tendentiously in its claims-makings. (iii) Vetëvendosje is an intellectual movement that draws upon a wide body of political philosophy to educate and mobilize its base, and to advocate for praxis of anticolonial theory. (iv) Anticolonial discourse is an oppositional discourse. Vetëvendosje names a discourse of neoliberal intervention and peace-building missions, and then provides its own alternative lens of analysis. |
| Supervisor | Kovács, Mária M. |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/bailey_faith.pdf |
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