The act of erasure: Žižek’s psychoanalytic discourse in the nationalistic construction of the ‘other’

The administrative erasure of 25,671 persons in February 1992 represents a highly symbolic act in the process of forming the Slovenian nation-state, namely as a way of inventing the internal enemy. By analysing Žižek’s psychoanalytic discourse on Balkan identity structures we question the intellec...

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Main Author: Neža Lipanje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana 2015-04-01
Series:Družboslovne Razprave
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Online Access:http://druzboslovne-razprave.org/clanek/pdf/2015/78/2/