The Sacrificed Body: Balkan Community Building and the Fear of Freedom

Contents

conTenTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Legendary Roots of Community Construction 1 1. Community, Power, and the Body 21 2. A Failed Dream of a Balkan Community 46 3. The Greek National Identity as the Father’s Testament 79 4. The Yugoslav Cadavre Exquis: The Return of the Repressive 110 5. Demystifying the Sacrificial Imperative of History 151 Conclusion: Community, Communalism, Communism 185 Notes 199 Selected Bibliography 247 Index 263 ...