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Book SynopsisThis book provides a sociological account of the events in Bosnia in the 1990s, including ethnic cleansing, mass rape, and the role of political journalists.
Trade ReviewProfessor Keith Doubt has produced a sociological analysis of the impact of Bosnia's drama on the modern world of liberal democracy. The result is a book which contributes outstandingly to the comprehension of events in Bosnia and to the identification of current inaccuracies of interpretation. This book is of crucial importance to all efforts to prevent the only temporarily arrested tragedy of Bosnia from sinking into undeserved oblivion. -- Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, president of International Forum Bosnia
This brief work should be read not only by sociologists but by other social scientists such as historians, anthropologists, political scientists. The book is an extremely good text from which to debate some of the essence of sociological theory, and explian it, while focusing on real issues, not only of Bosnia and Kosovo, but, by extention, other fields of conflict in which TV, the press, and popular and immediate writing from public opinion. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Sociology after Bosnia and Kosovo is a powerful reminder that we need to continue to wrestle with the idea of justice, rather than setting for a facile pragmatism or cynicism that only contended with justice on a superficial level. * Human Rights Review *
This book is engaging and provocative. * Slavic Review *
Few sociologists reach across such a range of topics as does Keith Doubt. Sociology After Bosnia and Kosovo displays his gift for rethinking theory in relation to one of the world's trouble spots. I recommend this book for anyone eager to see sociology in a surprisingly fresh way. -- Charles Lemert, Andrus Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknomledgements Chapter 2 1 Sociology After Bosnia Chapter 3 2 On the Pathetic Hegemony of Face-Work Chapter 4 3 On the Last Function of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia Chapter 5 4 The Croat-Muslim War: An Inconvenient Fact Chapter 6 5 The Ritual of Shame and the Western Response to Bosnia Chapter 7 6 On the Dialectic of the Scapegoat in Kosovo Chapter 8 7 Feminism and Rape as a Transgression of Species-Being Chapter 9 8 The Iron Cage of Rationality in Bosnia: Max Weber and the UN Chapter 10 9 Charismatic Authority: Mladic in Bosnia Chapter 11 10 Journalism and Modern Ethics: Tim Judah and Roy Gutman Chapter 12 11 Chomsky's Problem: Fairness First Chapter 13 12 On the Injustice of Postmodernism: Peter Handke in Serbia Chapter 14 13 Against the Positivistic-Utilitarian Understanding of Bosnia Chapter 15 14 Justice and Peace Before Utilitarianism Chapter 16 Afterword Chapter 17 Film and Video Resources for Understanding Events in Bosnia Chapter 18 Glossary of Sociological Terms Chapter 19 Glossary of Names Chapter 20 Bibliography
