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The author analyses theoretical concepts of group identities and their role in social, political, and, particularly, inter-ethnic relations. Facing the variety of different approaches, he is searching for the appropriate eclectic definition of the national identity, primarily concentrating on the role of the Other. Subsequently he draws conclusions about the role of the Turks (Ottomans), Muslims (Bosniaks) and Albanians in the formation of Serbian national identity (and its incorporation in the framework of European identity), seeking thereby to contribute to a better understanding of the causes of Yugoslav civil wars. ; Autor analizira teorijske koncepte o grupnim identitetima i njihovoj ulozi u društvenim, političkim, i posebno međunacionalnim odnosima. U mnoštvu različitih pristupa, eklektički pokušava da odredi pojam nacionalnog identiteta, kao i ulogu 'drugog' u njegovom formiranju. Tako određen teorijski okvir primenjuje na zvanične istoriografske narative u Srbiji. Na kraju izvodi zaključke o ulozi Turaka, Muslimana (Bošnjaka) i Albanaca u procesu formiranja srpskog nacionalnog identiteta (i nastojanju da se taj identitet uvrsti u okvire 'evropskog identiteta'), pokušavajući time da doprinese boljem razumevanju uzroka sukoba na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije.

The article attempts to assess the importance of informal networks in achieving internationally recognised academic standards set in four Balkan countries by the reform of higher education institutions and the International Relations (IR) profession in particular. Starting from the core-periphery division of the Global IR, the authors are examining the results of these reforms by focusing on the neoliberalisation of the university and the professional subordination of peripheral IR communities to the Western-dominated epistemic community (including 'brain drain' and recruitment of 'organic' intellectuals). Based on the interviews conducted with Balkan IR scholars, the authors conclude that informality is viewed as social capital, that is, a means of acquiring benefits by virtue of personal ties with the 'gatekeepers' of core IR. In that respect, interviewees suggest three possible solutions for overcoming the epistemic dependence of the Balkan IR community: development of local standards, stimulation of critical approach and better preparation for international standards, while the authors of the article also propose the fourth possibility: abandoning the core-periphery division, and thinking beyond geopolitical and geocultural divisions – the main idea behind the Global IR project.

U radu se polazi od teze da orijentalizam, kao oblik kulturnog nasilja, predstavlja strukturu dugog trajanja čija se matrica reprodukuje kroz diskurse i prakse različitih društvenih poredaka. Koristeći genealoški i longue durée pristup, autori analiziraju diskurse kolonijalizma, antisemitizma, nacionalizma i humanitarizma kako bi ukazali na dugotrajnost identitetske podele po liniji Zapad-Istok (Orijent), kao i na kontinuitet određenog kulturnog sadržaja koji implicira superiornost jedne i inferiornost druge strane. Analiza pokazuje i da svi ovi diskursi, iako međusobno različiti, mogu da se ukorene u orijentalističku matricu i da tako postanu instrument legitimacije i opravdavanja različitih oblika indirektnog (represija, eksploatacija) i direktnog nasilja (ratovi, genocid, etničko čišćenje). Cilj rada je razumevanje različitih oblika nasilja i njihove složenosti kao preduslov za bavljenje prevencijom nasilja.