Academic Collection 'The Other Europe' Examines European Identity, Exclusion, and Representation
Edited by Dragan Kujundzic, the academic compilation 'The Other Europe and the Translation of National Identity' appears in Social Identities vol. 7 No. 4, published in December 2001. This collection scrutinizes Europe from various critical perspectives. Julia Reinhard Lupton analyzes the economy of Venice in 'The Merchant of Venice,' while David Wills describes Europe's identity as a 'line drawn in the ocean.' Philomena Essed examines everyday racism, and Sari Pietikainen connects the invisibility of the Sami to land rights. Georges van den Abbeele investigates Belgium's national shortcomings. Additionally, essays by Thomas Keenan, Lisa Parks, and Tomislav Z. Longinovic focus on media and technology. The collection calls for a reevaluation of national identity through European myths and alterity.
Key facts
- The collection 'The Other Europe and the Translation of National Identity' was published in Social Identities vol. 7 No. 4 in December 2001.
- Editor Dragan Kujundzic compiled essays that critique Europe's identity constructions, exclusions, and representation practices.
- Julia Reinhard Lupton analyzes Venice in Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' alongside Hegel's Philosophy of Right and Marx's On the Jewish Question.
- David Wills uses metaphors from Exodus, Freud, and Rimbaud to discuss Europe's rhetorical delimitation.
- Philomena Essed argues racism resides in everyday language and practice, opposing monoculturalism.
- Sari Pietikainen studies the Sami's invisibility in Finnish media, tied to land rights and identity politics.
- Georges van den Abbeele describes Belgium as a nation lacking common language or shared history, with strong EU support.
- Essays on media include Thomas Keenan on the Kosovo internet war, Lisa Parks on Srebrenica satellite imagery, and Tomislav Z. Longinovic on Balkan Gothic narratives.
Entities
Artists
- Dragan Kujundzic
- Julia Reinhard Lupton
- David Wills
- Philomena Essed
- Sari Pietikainen
- Georges van den Abbeele
- Thomas Keenan
- Lisa Parks
- Tomislav Z. Longinovic
- Branka Arsic
- Tomasz Warchol
- Istvan Szabo
- Imre Kertesz
- Walter Benjamin
- William Shakespeare
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Karl Marx
- Arthur Rimbaud
- Sigmund Freud
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Franz Kafka
- Marguerite Duras
Institutions
- University College of South Stockholm
- Social Identities
- Helsingin Sanomat
- European Union
Locations
- Europe
- Venice
- Italy
- Finland
- Belgium
- Brussels
- Kosovo
- Yugoslavia
- Srebrenica
- Serbia
- Hungary
- Central Europe
- Moscow
- Russia
- USSR
- Chechnya
- Hiroshima
- Japan
- Mount Sinai