‘Balkansplaining’ Europe: Epistemic resistance and the negotiation of belonging in the post-Yugoslav Balkans
Published online on April 15, 2026
Abstract
Journal of European Studies, Ahead of Print.
The article examines the internalisation of narratives that position the post-Yugoslav Balkans as Europe’s ‘Other’ within the region itself, through the lens of self-colonisation, understood as the adoption of civilising discourses and the disavowal of ...
The article examines the internalisation of narratives that position the post-Yugoslav Balkans as Europe’s ‘Other’ within the region itself, through the lens of self-colonisation, understood as the adoption of civilising discourses and the disavowal of ...