La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste
During Communist times in Albania (1944-1991) everyone was defined, evaluated and classified through his or her « biography » [biografi], which was a judgement, in political terms, on one’s personality, acts and familial background. The « biography » was largely responsible for the authorities’ atti...
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| description | During Communist times in Albania (1944-1991) everyone was defined, evaluated and classified through his or her « biography » [biografi], which was a judgement, in political terms, on one’s personality, acts and familial background. The « biography » was largely responsible for the authorities’ attitude towards the individual. In this paper, I try to understand what the word « biography » (and the phrase « good/bad biography ») meant for the people themselves. It appears that « biography » is often synonymous with « family or lineage background ». Such an observation leads to explain, in a second step, « biography » as the conjunction of a political concept, the « class struggle » as it was understood by both the authorities and the people, and the family or lineage [fis] as an institution of Albanian society. Finally, the paper suggests an interpretation of « biography » in terms of « purity », « stain » and naturalisation of differences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0722208c09544c3d936fa8becebe320e2025-08-20T02:37:52ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462015-03-01410.4000/ejts.565La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communisteGilles de RapperDuring Communist times in Albania (1944-1991) everyone was defined, evaluated and classified through his or her « biography » [biografi], which was a judgement, in political terms, on one’s personality, acts and familial background. The « biography » was largely responsible for the authorities’ attitude towards the individual. In this paper, I try to understand what the word « biography » (and the phrase « good/bad biography ») meant for the people themselves. It appears that « biography » is often synonymous with « family or lineage background ». Such an observation leads to explain, in a second step, « biography » as the conjunction of a political concept, the « class struggle » as it was understood by both the authorities and the people, and the family or lineage [fis] as an institution of Albanian society. Finally, the paper suggests an interpretation of « biography » in terms of « purity », « stain » and naturalisation of differences.https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/565kinshipAlbaniaclass strugglecommunismtotalitarianism |
| spellingShingle | Gilles de Rapper La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste European Journal of Turkish Studies kinship Albania class struggle communism totalitarianism |
| title | La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste |
| title_full | La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste |
| title_fullStr | La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste |
| title_full_unstemmed | La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste |
| title_short | La « biographie » : parenté incontrôlable et souillure politique dans l’Albanie communiste et post-communiste |
| title_sort | la biographie parente incontrolable et souillure politique dans l albanie communiste et post communiste |
| topic | kinship Albania class struggle communism totalitarianism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/565 |
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