Reflections on Krste Misirkov’s Theory: From Ethnocultural Entity to Politically Legitimate Nation

• Authors: Ganka Cvetanova

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PL

Refleksje nad teorią Krste Misirkova. Od jednostki etnokulturowej do uprawnionego politycznie narodu

Abstracts

PL

W niniejszym artykule została podjęta kwestia macedońska przez pryzmat prac Krste P. Misirkova i jego walki o wyodrębnienie i uznanie macedońskiego bytu etnokulturowego. Celem jest przedstawienie wybranych czynników, które stworzyły warunki wstępne do procesu budowania narodu macedońskiego i jego politycznej legitymizacji. Koncepcje Misirkova analizowane są w świetle modernistycznych teorii narodu i nacjonalizmu, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem następujących aspektów: naród jako ukształtowany historycznie i społecznie konstrukt, poczucie wspólnej przynależności, kultura wysoka i ustandaryzowane języki jako polityczna legitymizacja narodu, rola elit kulturalnych w procesie tworzenia narodu oraz relacje między narodem a nowoczesnym państwem.

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In order to present some of the aspects that created the preconditions for the Macedonian nation-building process and its political legitimacy, this paper reviews the Macedonian question through the works of Krste P. Misirkov and his struggle for the separation and recognition of Macedonian ethnocultural entity as a distinct one. His conceptions are analysed through the lens of modernist theories of nation and nationalism, with special emphasis on the following aspects: nation as a historically and socially formed construct, a sense of common belonging, high cultures and standardized languages as the political legitimacy of a nation, the role of cultural elites in the nation-building process, and the relationship between the nation and the modern state.

Keywords

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Krste Misirkov; modernism; theory of nation; Macedonian question; ethnocultural entity; language; culture; nation

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Krste Misirkov; modernizm; teoria narodu; kwestia macedońska; język; kultura; naród; jednostka etnokulturowa

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Slawistyki PAN
• Journal: Slavia Meridionalis
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 22

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Ganka Cvetanova

• Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј” во Скопје [Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje], Скопје [Skopje]

• https://orcid.org/0000000264967179

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Identifiers

DOI

10.11649/sm.2672

Biblioteka Nauki

33296225