National Deconstruction: Violence, Identity, An... May 2026

National deconstruction : violence, identity, and justice in Bosnia

David Campbell’s 1998 work, "National Deconstruction: Violence, Identity, and Justice in Bosnia," challenges the narrative of the Bosnian War as an inevitable result of ancient hatreds, instead arguing that identity and violence were constructed through specific political practices. The book critiques international intervention and explores how, in a postmodern context, national identity is performed through the exclusion of the "Other". To explore this work further, visit BiblioVault . National Deconstruction: Violence, Identity, an...