STEHLÍK, Petr. The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan Scholars Should not Remain Silent About. Balkanistic Forum. 2015, vol. 24, No 2, p. 28-34. ISSN 1310-3970.
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Original name The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan Scholars Should not Remain Silent About
Authors STEHLÍK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Balkanistic Forum, 2015, 1310-3970.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Country of publisher Bulgaria
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/15:00083325
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Balkan Studies Methodology; False Objectivity; Historical Revisionism; Nationalism; Politicization of Language
Tags RIV - zkontrolováno
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D., učo 40258. Changed: 23/3/2016 17:59.
Abstract
The author examines the issue of objectivity in research on the Balkans conducted by scholars from outside the region in light of the revolutionary changes that Southeast Europe has gone through since the collapse of communism. This profound transformation is also projected in the form and findings of local historical and philological research, which often suffers from ills such as manipulative interpretations and ideologically motivated revisions of history, the critical affirmation of nationalist narratives and values in literature, and the politicization of language. What stance should foreign Balkan scholars take towards these phenomena? What pitfalls await them? How can they avoid false objectivity, simplification, and essentialism? And what should foreign Balkan scholars not remain silent about? These are the basic questions the author addresses in the paper.
Links
MUNI/A/0790/2013, interní kód MUName: Současné trendy ve výzkumu slovanských literatur, jazyků a kultur (Acronym: SLAV2014)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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