{"product_id":"9783030206697","title":"Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations: Serbia’s Anxiety over Kosovo's Secession","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCentral and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations: Serbia’s Anxiety over Kosovo's Secession\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEjdus, Filip\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops a novel way of thinking about crises in world politics. By building on ontological security theory, this work conceptualises critical situations as radical disjunctions that challenge the ability of collective agents to ‘go on’. These ontological crises bring into the realm of discursive consciousness four fundamental questions related to \u003ci\u003eexistence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003efinitude\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003erelations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eautobiography\u003c\/i\u003e. In times of crisis, collective agents such as states are particularly attached to their \u003ci\u003eontic spaces\u003c\/i\u003e, or spatial extensions of the self that cause collective identities to appear more firm and continuous. These theoretical arguments are illustrated in a case study looking at Serbia’s anxiety over the secession of Kosovo. The author argues that Serbia’s seemingly irrational and self-harming policy vis-à-vis Kosovo can be understood as a form of ontological self-help. It is a rational pursuit of biographical continuity and a healthy sense of self in the face of an ontological crisis triggered by the secession of a province that has been constructed as the ontic space of the Serbian nation since the late 19th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-08-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030206697\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-20667-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 202\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47508190167180,"sku":"9783030206697","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030206697.jpg?v=1775959490","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030206697","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}