The likeness : semblance and self in Slovene society /
Bakke, Gretchen Anna,author.
"The Likeness is a close ethnographic study of subjectivity in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. In this highly imaginative work, the author argues that Slovenes provide a remarkable counterbalance to Western notions of a divided inner and outer self by playing with surface level resemblances, or likenesses. Such practices render the complexity of self-expression as external and legible, but as of the last several decades, very rarely unique or original. Bakke takes a deep dive into a range of topics-from art worlds to punk to mental illness-to ask questions about the shift in Slovene identity. By engaging with some of anthropology's most pressing theoretical debates as well as some of Slovenia's most important thinkers, this book explores how one can understand the meaning of self and individuality in a society that values convention"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: andandpersand -- Introduction -- Of semblances and . . . -- Of selves -- A brake in the pattern -- Walter Benjamin, Ljubljana, 1986 -- Walter Benjamin (et. al.) speaks his mind, Ljubljana, 1986, (2001, 2003) -- Technologies of self-protection -- "By the very cunning of the scene" -- Two in the same: Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, and Janez Janša -- This is going to hurt a little -- Is Slavoj Žižek full of shit? -- More on the same subject -- Inside the body is blood and bone -- " . . . Or at least fail while trying" -- Afterword: Melanija Trump (née Knavs).
"The Likeness is a close ethnographic study of subjectivity in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. In this highly imaginative work, the author argues that Slovenes provide a remarkable counterbalance to Western notions of a divided inner and outer self by playing with surface level resemblances, or likenesses. Such practices render the complexity of self-expression as external and legible, but as of the last several decades, very rarely unique or original. Bakke takes a deep dive into a range of topics-from art worlds to punk to mental illness-to ask questions about the shift in Slovene identity. By engaging with some of anthropology's most pressing theoretical debates as well as some of Slovenia's most important thinkers, this book explores how one can understand the meaning of self and individuality in a society that values convention"--
Self-presentation
Individuality