Communicative Dimensions of Centre-Periphery Relationships

IF 0.1 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politicka Misao-Croatian Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-12-23 DOI:10.20901/pm.59.4.11

Z. Krajina

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Abstract

This paper surveys the post-1989 Europe/Balkan conjuncture from the perspective ‎of communication studies. I employ David Morley’s materialist definition ‎of communication, encompassing exchange/movement of information/‎ideas, goods, and people. Observing the exchange of ideas, we find EU’s Euroscepticism ‎contrasting the Balkans’ Europhilia. Considering the movement ‎of people, the brain-drain from the Balkans is paralleled by incoming migrations ‎and a questioning of whether leaving the region is necessarily advantageous.‎ The movement of goods, finally, elucidates the ascendancy of Chinese ‎investment in the region, confronting Europe with being seen as a periphery‎ of Asia. The materialist communication approach thus reveals unanticipated‎ dynamism (a working-through of inherited inequality), rather than one-way ‎perpetuation of old centre-periphery prejudice. Though historically modelled‎ as Europe’s traumatized inner Other where nationalism was imposed, the Balkans ‎still have much to narrate about impurity of identities and uncertainty as‎ Europe’s new/old possible cultural heritage.‎

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本文从传播学的角度考察1989年后的欧洲/巴尔干危机。我采用了大卫·莫利(David Morley)对沟通的唯物主义定义，包括信息/思想、商品和人员的交换/移动。观察思想交流，我们发现欧盟的疑欧主义与巴尔干半岛的亲欧主义形成鲜明对比。考虑到人口的流动，巴尔干地区的人才流失与移民的涌入并行，人们质疑离开该地区是否一定有利。最后，商品流动说明了中国在该地区投资的优势，使欧洲面临被视为亚洲外围的处境。因此，唯物主义的沟通方法揭示了意想不到的动力(继承的不平等的一种工作方式)，而不是旧的中心边缘偏见的单向延续。尽管历史上被塑造为欧洲创伤深重的内部他者，民族主义被强加于此，但巴尔干半岛仍然有很多关于身份的不纯净和不确定性的叙述，作为欧洲新/旧可能的文化遗产

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Politicka Misao-Croatian Political Science Review POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： “Politička misao” je akademski časopis za politologiju i srodne discipline, koji od 1964. godine izdaje Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Časopis je u pola stoljeća izlaženja stekao reputaciju središnjeg akademskog politološkog časopisa u Hrvatskoj i šire, naročito u nekadašnjoj Jugoslaviji, te u regiji koju čine post-jugoslavenske zemlje. “Politička misao” objavljuje priloge iz područja političkih znanosti i političkih studija općenito, odnosno iz svih poddisciplina politologije: političke teorije, međunarodnih odnosa, komparativne politike, hrvatske politike, javne politike, područnih studija, političke komunikacije, obrambenih i sigurnosnih studija i dr. Također, objavljujemo i članke iz područja koje nije moguće jednoznačno klasificirati po njihovoj pripadnosti samo jednoj disciplini nego se nalaze na „granici“ između dviju ili više disciplina: političke povijesti, ekonomske politike, političke filozofije, političke sociologije, političke psihologije, medijskih i kulturalnih studija i sl. Kao izdanje Fakulteta političkih znanosti u Zagrebu, objavljujemo i članke koji su neposredno vezani uz studijske programe na tom fakultetu. “Politička misao” je posebno zainteresirana za radove o hrvatskoj politici i društvu, za radove koji analiziraju Hrvatsku u globalnom kontekstu, kao i za radove koji istražuju politiku i društvo na Balkanu i u Jugoistočnoj Europi, u Europskoj uniji, u susjedstvu Europske unije, te na Mediteranu – regijama s kojima Hrvatska ima neposredni dodir.