Beschreibung
This volume addresses textbooks written in the Albanian language and in use in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. Political myths and mythical spaces play a key role in shaping processes of identity-building, concepts of self and other, and ideas pertaining to the location of the self and nation within a post-conflict context. The Albanian case is particularly interesting because the majority of Albanians live outside the borders of Albania, despite the existence of the nation-state, which gives rise to fascinating complexities regarding the shaping of national identities and myths surrounding concepts of self and other. What textbooks teach is always of political interest, as they represent societys intentions for its next generation. This renders identity-building processes via textbooks in this context a particularly fascinating topic for research, here examined through the lens of myths and mythical spaces.
Autorenporträt
Prof. Dr. Eckhardt Fuchs ist Präsident der International Standing Conference for the History of Education, der internationalen Fachgemeinschaft der historischen Bildungsforschung (ISCHE), stellvertretender Direktor des Georg-Eckert-Instituts in Braunschweig und ordentlicher Professor für Historische und Vergleichende Bildungsforschung an der TU Braunschweig.
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