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Overview
The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War is the fist book on conflict in the former Yugoslavia to look seriously at the issue of ethnic identity, rather than treating it as a given, an unquestionable variable. Combining detailed analysis with a close reading of historical narratives, documentary evidence, and first-hand interviews conducted in the former Yugoslavia, Wilmer sheds new light on how ethnic identity is constructed, and what that means for the future of peace and sovereignty throughout the world.
Editorial Reviews
Francois Debrix
An excellent manuscript, polished, innovative, critical and insightful. This book may well be one of the best studies, if not just the best, written on the topic of war and enemy construction over the past ten years.Ronnie D. Lipschutz
A very interesting and innovative project.gives as good an overview of the long history of Yugoslavia as I have seen anywhere.I think it will be quite provocative and successful.Ted Gurr
An extraordinary effort, intellectually more ambitious than anything I have read about any ethnic conflict.Foreign Affairs
The reason that so many books have been written about the Yugoslav wars is not just the drama of a state disintegrating or of European history repeating itself. Rather, in their brutality, these wars offer discouraging proof of how undiminished the capacity for inhumanity remains — the topic of Wilmer's book. Yugoslavia is not her area of expertise, although in her travels and reading she clearly has become expert; instead, she tries to explain why normal people become butchers — and whether the possibility exists in us all. Although she uses the voices and experiences of Yugoslavs to give her exploration immediacy, she goes deep into psychoanalytical, feminist, constructivist, and international relations theories of identity, conflict, violence, and their larger embodiments: the state and war. This is a brave and humane intellectual enterprise because it addresses head on issues that others either ignore or handle with philosophical or literary flourish.Product Details
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Meet the Author
Franke Wilmer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Montana State University, and serves on the editorial board of International Studies Quarterly.
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