Synopses & Reviews
Macedonia and Macedonians struggled to achieve recognition and independence as a nation for almost the entire 20th century (1893-1991). In this regard, the central/pivotal question is who Are the Macedonians? Depending how the question is answered, one can have a multiethnic Macedonia and a "Macedonian Question"--if the Macedonians are descendants of 6th/7th century AD Slav settlers alongside Albanian and other ethnic interlopers [the present world paradigm]. Or, if the Macedonians are a unitary, non-Greek, non-Slav Macedonian identity [the book's new paradigm] there is then, no "Macedonian Question" at all.
Synopsis
Overturning the 20th century's prevalent view of the Macedonians, Damianopoulos uses three domains of evidence - historical documentation, cognitive self-descriptor reports, and sociocultural features - to demonstrate that the Macedonians are a unique, non-Slav, non-Greek, ethnic identity.
Synopsis
This book takes on the question "Who are the Macedonians?" Using three domains of evidence—historical documentation, cognitive self-descriptor reports, and sociocultural features—Damianopoulos demonstrates that the Macedonians are a unique, non-Slav, non-Greek, ethnic identity. In the face of confusion, conflict, misinterpretation, and, ultimately, a denial of the Macedonians as a people and a nation throughout much of the 20th century, this book sheds new light on questions of Macedonian ethnicity and nationhood.
About the Author
Ernest N. Damianopoulos has spent more than 50 years in academia and research. He has taught at several universities, including Colgate University and Indiana University Southeast, and spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Iowa. He has published more than 40 papers and articles in internationally recognized journals, including the
Journal of Neuroscience,
Journal of Neuroscience Methods,
Behavioral Brain Research, and
Psychological Review.
The Macedonians is the result of special research and his interest in the question of Macedonian identity, stemming from the years he lived in Aegean Macedonia.
Table of Contents
Summary Overview: Some Historical Facts on the Ground * Statement of the Problem and Basic Questions * The Methodology of Ethnicity Research * Historical/Political Manifestations of the Macedonian Ethnic Identity * Cognitive Self-Descriptor Evidence for a Macedonian Ethnicity * Sociocultural Characterization of the Macedonian Ethnic Identity * Components of the Macedonian Ethnic Identity: Genetic DNA Evidence * Who the Macedonians Are: An Across Domain, Evidence-Based Answer * Problems in Development of the Macedonian Ethnic Identity * A General Ethnicity Model * Appendix I: Reference to Macedonians in Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage * Appendix II: Plates * Appendix III: Survey/Questionnaire: Who the Macedonians Are