The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981
The author explores the ideological underpinning and political goals of Kosovar Marxist-Leninist groups and examines their role in the 1981 demonstrations in Kosovo. She contextualizes these events against the backdrop of theories of revolutionary violence that were prevalent in Kosovar Albanian Mar...
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| description | The author explores the ideological underpinning and political goals of Kosovar Marxist-Leninist groups and examines their role in the 1981 demonstrations in Kosovo. She contextualizes these events against the backdrop of theories of revolutionary violence that were prevalent in Kosovar Albanian Marxist groups. Describing the position of Albanians within socialist Yugoslavia, she traces the formation of these groups of dissidents and their support of Hoxhaism—following the political views of the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha. Hoxhaist propaganda shaped anti-Yugoslav dissidence to a certain extent, and the author throws light on the nationalist incentive to support Hoxhaism. She contextualizes Yugoslavia’s response to the demonstrations as an act of coercive violence aimed at stemming events that the Yugoslav officials perceived to be both counter-revolutionary and to presage the rise of nationalism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-556df818d5dd453da6b87c30649f93632022-12-22T03:59:03ZengDe GruyterComparative Southeast European Studies2701-81992701-82022021-09-01692-318320310.1515/soeu-2021-0026The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981Myrtaj Mrika Limani0Institute of History "Ali Hadri", Prishtina, KosovoThe author explores the ideological underpinning and political goals of Kosovar Marxist-Leninist groups and examines their role in the 1981 demonstrations in Kosovo. She contextualizes these events against the backdrop of theories of revolutionary violence that were prevalent in Kosovar Albanian Marxist groups. Describing the position of Albanians within socialist Yugoslavia, she traces the formation of these groups of dissidents and their support of Hoxhaism—following the political views of the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha. Hoxhaist propaganda shaped anti-Yugoslav dissidence to a certain extent, and the author throws light on the nationalist incentive to support Hoxhaism. She contextualizes Yugoslavia’s response to the demonstrations as an act of coercive violence aimed at stemming events that the Yugoslav officials perceived to be both counter-revolutionary and to presage the rise of nationalism.https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2021-0026revolutionary violencekosovoyugoslaviamarxismhoxhaism |
| spellingShingle | Myrtaj Mrika Limani The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 Comparative Southeast European Studies revolutionary violence kosovo yugoslavia marxism hoxhaism |
| title | The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 |
| title_full | The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 |
| title_fullStr | The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 |
| title_short | The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981 |
| title_sort | ideology and agency of kosovar albanian marxist groups in the demonstrations of 1981 |
| topic | revolutionary violence kosovo yugoslavia marxism hoxhaism |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2021-0026 |
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