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The Politics of East European Area Studies (Paperback)
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Following the end of the Cold War and European Union enlargement,
in what sense does Eastern Europe continue to exist as a meaningful
geo-political concept? In addressing this question, contributors to
this volume-Alex Cistelecan, Robert Bideleux, Katalin Miklossy and
Dieter Segert-tease out the implications for an 'Area Studies'
approach to the region. They examine its contradictory situation
within discourses of 'orientalisation': on one hand, posited as the
'underdeveloped' pendant to its western neighbours; on the other,
largely Christian by religion and an integral part of a continent
that dominated the world. They uncover the roots of area studies in
the 'colonial paradigm' by which great powers promote the creation
of predictive, 'problem-solving' knowledge that is immediately
apprehendable for decision makers, helping them to take advantage
of a region's resources and strategic position, but which tends to
homogenise the region's geography and history. For critical
inquiry, they argue, the challenge is to delineate transparently
the reasons underlying Eastern Europe's construction as an area of
study, to identify the epistemological interests of motivated
organisations such as funding agencies and political bodies, and to
counter the ongoing orientalism of Western perspectives toward the
East. This book was originally published as a special issue of the
Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.
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