The Formation of Croatian National Identity: A Centuries-Old Dream?

by Alex J. Bellamy

This volume assesses the formation of Croatian national identity in the 1990s. It develops a novel framework that calls both primordialist and modernist approaches to nationalism and national identity into question before applying that framework to Croatia. In doing so it not only provides a new way of thinking about how national identity is formed and why it is so important, it also closely examines 1990s Croatia in a unique way.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published December 4, 2003

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very readable considering the fairly abstract theory. Does a great job connecting the theory to the lived everyday experience. Requires a rough familiarity with Croatian/yugoslav history to get the most out of it.