Comparing colonial differences: Baltic literary cultures as agencies of Europe’s internal others
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Postcolonial Europe; Baltic societies; Baltic history; Colonialism; Coloniality of power; World-systems theory; Locus of enunciation; Anti-colonialism; Decoloniality.
ENThe article discusses the Baltic colonial experience in historical and comparative perspective. It sketches the ways in which Baltic societies are best linked to theoretical discussions on postcolonial issues, and whether they might be looked upon in a more global context. The main question posed by the article is in what ways Baltic identity has been determined by processes of foreign settlement, occupation and colonization of the territory of each respective country and whether we can see Baltic societies as potential agencies of Europe’s internal others. [From the publication]
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