The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan
Scholars Should not Remain Silent About

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The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan Scholars Should not Remain Silent About

STEHLÍK, Petr

Basic information

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

XIII International Round Table “Silence on the Balkan“, International University Seminar for Balkan Studies and Specialization, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 24 – 26. 4. 2014, 2014

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Bulgaria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00106000

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Balkan Studies Methodology; False Objectivity; Historical Revisionism; Nationalism; Politicization of Language

Abstract

V originále

The paper 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 MU

Name: Současné trendy ve výzkumu slovanských literatur, jazyků a kultur (Acronym: SLAV2014)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

STEHLÍK, Petr. The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan Scholars Should not Remain Silent About. In XIII International Round Table “Silence on the Balkan“, International University Seminar for Balkan Studies and Specialization, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 24 – 26. 4. 2014. 2014.

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STEHLÍK, Petr. The Pitfall of False Objectivity or What Foreign Balkan Scholars Should not Remain Silent About. In \textit{XIII International Round Table “Silence on the Balkan“, International University Seminar for Balkan Studies and Specialization, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 24 – 26. 4. 2014}. 2014.

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