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The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981

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  • Myrtaj Mrika Limani

    (Institute of History "Ali Hadri", Prishtina, Kosovo)

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The author explores the ideological underpinning and political goals of Kosovar Marxist-Leninist groups and examines their role in the 1981 demonstrations in Kosovo. She contextualizes these events against the backdrop of theories of revolutionary violence that were prevalent in Kosovar Albanian Marxist groups. Describing the position of Albanians within socialist Yugoslavia, she traces the formation of these groups of dissidents and their support of Hoxhaism—following the political views of the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha. Hoxhaist propaganda shaped anti-Yugoslav dissidence to a certain extent, and the author throws light on the nationalist incentive to support Hoxhaism. She contextualizes Yugoslavia’s response to the demonstrations as an act of coercive violence aimed at stemming events that the Yugoslav officials perceived to be both counter-revolutionary and to presage the rise of nationalism.

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  • Myrtaj Mrika Limani, 2021. "The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 69(2-3), pages 183-203, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:69:y:2021:i:2-3:p:183-203:n:11
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2021-0026
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    1. Christopher J. Finlay, 2006. "Violence and Revolutionary Subjectivity, Marx to Žižek," Working Papers 200601, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
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