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Hëna e Shqipërisë
Hëna e Shqipërisë" është në fakt një parashikim i asaj që shkrimtari Ben Blushi sheh se do të jetë Shqipëria e 100 viteve të ardhshme. Me nxitimin për të thënë se ai nuk harron që është socialist ndërsa shkruan nuk heziton të flasë për një politikë taksash të cilat do të çojnë në varfërimin edhe më shumë të të varfërve dhe pasurimin e tejskajshëm të të pasurve.
141 pages, Paperback
First published April 3, 2014
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Ben Blushi
12 books53 followersBen Blushi is an Albanian politician,journalist and writer. He is an independet deputy . He worked as a journalist at "Koha Jonë" and Deutsche Welle Independent and "Fondacioni Soros"
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April 28, 2014
Ben Blushi makes a wonderful presentation of his perception of Albania and the problems that it will face in the next century.
According to Blushi, who bases his predictions about the geography of the future, on the official UN predictions for climate change induced geographic changes. Albania will be a nation with a reduced landmass, a sharply reduced population, and with inherent problems which lead from its status as a small country.
Ben Blushi divides the book in 3 main parts: European Integration(ominously named Unification with Europe), Unification with Kosovo, and Inequality.
In the first part, European developments are discussed, as are the multiple denials for the entry of Albania into EU, European drift towards German leadership, the desire of the current ruling class to maintain isolation, to create a system which will perpetually fuel those with high earnings, and make the poor poorer.
The second part starts with the current unspecified position of Albania on Kosovo and whether or not should there be a national (re)unification. It continues into separating all Albanians living in Kosovo and Albania as being so radically different as to call them different races, while showcasing the many sportive and musical achievements which Kosovars seem to have no trouble achieving. The author goes as far as discussing the internal politics of the Albanian National Football Team and the fact that its backbone is made of Kosovars such as the captain(Lorik Cana). Meanwhile he draws a parallel to the new Kosovar Football Team which if it manages to bring together all Kosovar footballers or footballers of Kosovar descent, then it will be a very strong team which might serve as the basis for the creation of a new identity, which will further separate the two divides.
Furthermore, he continues to tell of a changing of opinions, on how the more nationalistic Kosovars will start to turn towards their own identity and a desire to keep their independence alive. And how the Albanians of Albania will start becoming increasingly nationalistic reminiscent of the current rises of ring-wing party memberships in Western Europe, and will start to ask for an increase of their country, expansion into Kosovo remains the only logical step.
Sadly the nationalistic bout that the author goes on, stops and instead he focuses on how the much feared fragmentation of Spain and Great Britain might become a reality, and as a result postpone the Kosovar-Albanian unification.
Next in line is the discussion of the rise of Islamic extremism among Albanians, as dire economical situations leave them searching for an escape which they find in Islam. The rise of Islamic influenced political entities is simply stated as a matter of time, and the Fethullah Gulen-Recep Tayyip Erdogan developments of politics in Turkey seems to be set to be parroted by the local government.
Finally in the final part of the book, the author moves onto issues which might be more than simply Albanian in nature. The way that Blushi goes on about Inequality harkens to the days of Communist Albania. He states that Albania as a nation will accelerate the process of losing towns and villages to greater metropolitan areas. He rants on how Albania and all of Europe will eventually become so multi-cultural that Albanian as a language will almost become extinct, and all that will remain of the Albanian identity will be carried on by Chinese and African immigrants.
The current School system continues to be defined as lacking and as set to self-destruct within the century, as they do not produce the necessary people most definitely do not educate the need most in need of it - the poor.
Generation Gaps are treated as something which will be the ruin of Albania and which will cause such large problems that the youth will become extremely pessimistic in nature. To Blushi it seems that only Albanians educated "Made in Europe" can cause any sort of change, and all other sorts of education only cause grief. Then he calls Kosovars Optimists, as they hope to have a finer future, and are not afraid to make a better one, while Albanians of Albania are considered such pessimists that makes one wonder why have they not yet committed mass suicide.
In the ending sub-chapters of the book, the author states that Albania is going the way of the Moon, not necessarily meaning Islamic, but it means that they are turning sleepy, and do not want to affect changes, they are becoming "lunatics". And at the very end he attacks certain authors which are considered to be among the brightest of literary geniuses to have written in Albanian. He accuses political figures that only seemed to have asked for an independence from the Ottoman empire to prolong their personal interests. And completes the book by attacking the author of a Northern Albanian centric epic.
All in all it was a very interesting read which caused a bit of thinking on my part, but it is evident that the information that Blushi presents on Kosovo and Albanians elsewhere in the Balkans are lacking a certain depth, and he seems to generalize things way too much.
According to Blushi, who bases his predictions about the geography of the future, on the official UN predictions for climate change induced geographic changes. Albania will be a nation with a reduced landmass, a sharply reduced population, and with inherent problems which lead from its status as a small country.
Ben Blushi divides the book in 3 main parts: European Integration(ominously named Unification with Europe), Unification with Kosovo, and Inequality.
In the first part, European developments are discussed, as are the multiple denials for the entry of Albania into EU, European drift towards German leadership, the desire of the current ruling class to maintain isolation, to create a system which will perpetually fuel those with high earnings, and make the poor poorer.
The second part starts with the current unspecified position of Albania on Kosovo and whether or not should there be a national (re)unification. It continues into separating all Albanians living in Kosovo and Albania as being so radically different as to call them different races, while showcasing the many sportive and musical achievements which Kosovars seem to have no trouble achieving. The author goes as far as discussing the internal politics of the Albanian National Football Team and the fact that its backbone is made of Kosovars such as the captain(Lorik Cana). Meanwhile he draws a parallel to the new Kosovar Football Team which if it manages to bring together all Kosovar footballers or footballers of Kosovar descent, then it will be a very strong team which might serve as the basis for the creation of a new identity, which will further separate the two divides.
Furthermore, he continues to tell of a changing of opinions, on how the more nationalistic Kosovars will start to turn towards their own identity and a desire to keep their independence alive. And how the Albanians of Albania will start becoming increasingly nationalistic reminiscent of the current rises of ring-wing party memberships in Western Europe, and will start to ask for an increase of their country, expansion into Kosovo remains the only logical step.
Sadly the nationalistic bout that the author goes on, stops and instead he focuses on how the much feared fragmentation of Spain and Great Britain might become a reality, and as a result postpone the Kosovar-Albanian unification.
Next in line is the discussion of the rise of Islamic extremism among Albanians, as dire economical situations leave them searching for an escape which they find in Islam. The rise of Islamic influenced political entities is simply stated as a matter of time, and the Fethullah Gulen-Recep Tayyip Erdogan developments of politics in Turkey seems to be set to be parroted by the local government.
Finally in the final part of the book, the author moves onto issues which might be more than simply Albanian in nature. The way that Blushi goes on about Inequality harkens to the days of Communist Albania. He states that Albania as a nation will accelerate the process of losing towns and villages to greater metropolitan areas. He rants on how Albania and all of Europe will eventually become so multi-cultural that Albanian as a language will almost become extinct, and all that will remain of the Albanian identity will be carried on by Chinese and African immigrants.
The current School system continues to be defined as lacking and as set to self-destruct within the century, as they do not produce the necessary people most definitely do not educate the need most in need of it - the poor.
Generation Gaps are treated as something which will be the ruin of Albania and which will cause such large problems that the youth will become extremely pessimistic in nature. To Blushi it seems that only Albanians educated "Made in Europe" can cause any sort of change, and all other sorts of education only cause grief. Then he calls Kosovars Optimists, as they hope to have a finer future, and are not afraid to make a better one, while Albanians of Albania are considered such pessimists that makes one wonder why have they not yet committed mass suicide.
In the ending sub-chapters of the book, the author states that Albania is going the way of the Moon, not necessarily meaning Islamic, but it means that they are turning sleepy, and do not want to affect changes, they are becoming "lunatics". And at the very end he attacks certain authors which are considered to be among the brightest of literary geniuses to have written in Albanian. He accuses political figures that only seemed to have asked for an independence from the Ottoman empire to prolong their personal interests. And completes the book by attacking the author of a Northern Albanian centric epic.
All in all it was a very interesting read which caused a bit of thinking on my part, but it is evident that the information that Blushi presents on Kosovo and Albanians elsewhere in the Balkans are lacking a certain depth, and he seems to generalize things way too much.
April 22, 2014
Autori prek shume tema kyçe te realitetit shqiptar por kisha pershtypjen qe trajtimi i tyre deri diku ishte relativisht siperfaqesor, prandaj ngela pak i zhgenjuer. Si lexues do kisha preferuar me pak tema por me thelle te diskutuara. Gjithsesi, libri eshte shkruar qarte e lexohet shume mire!
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