The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War is the fist book on conflict in the former Yugoslavia to look seriously at the issue of ethnic identity, rather than treating it as a given, an unquestionable variable. Combining detailed analysis with a close reading of historical narratives, docum[...]
Ethnic conflicts have become the focal point of international relations, but what exactly, cause ethnic conflict? How are ideas about identity, citizenship, and the state constructed in such a way as to make conflict seem inevitable? The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War is the fist boo[...]