Book Review: Xavier Bougarel (2018). "Islam and Nationhood in Bosnia-Hercegovina: Surviving Empires". London-New York: Bloomsbury Academic

Maciej Falski

doi:10.11649/ch.2019.022

Book Review: Xavier Bougarel (2018). "Islam and Nationhood in Bosnia-Hercegovina: Surviving Empires". London-New York: Bloomsbury Academic

Authors

Maciej Falski Uniwersytet Warszawski [University of Warsaw], Warsaw , Uniwersytet Warszawski [University of Warsaw], Warszawa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-5608 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11649/ch.2019.022

Keywords:

Islam, Bosnia, Bosniak, empire, nation-building, Xavier Bougarel

Abstract

The review of the latest book by Xavier Bougarel focuses on the main concepts of the work: the notion of empire as a methodological and theoretical framework, the relation between Islam and the national idea, and the process of Bosniak nation-building.