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The Hyperintellectual in the Balkans
Global Outlook
  • Rory J Conces, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2016
Abstract

Although hypointellectuals have long been a part of our cultural landscape, it is in post-conflict societies, such as those in Bosnia and Kosovo, that there has arisen a strong need for a different breed of intellectual, one who is more than simply a social critic, an educator, a person of action, and a compassionate individual. Enter the non-partisan intellectual—the hyperintellectual. It is the hyperintellectual, whose non-partisanship is manifested through a reciprocating critique and defense of both the nationalist enterprise and strong interventionism of the International Community, who strives to create a climate of understanding and to enlarge the moral space so as to reduce the divisiveness between opposing parties. It is in this way that the hyperintellectual acts as a catalyst for the creation of a democratic culture within the civil societies of Bosnia and Kosovo.

Citation Information
Rory J Conces. "The Hyperintellectual in the Balkans" Global Outlook Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 51 - 110
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rory-conces/9/