ABSTRACT Using the concepts of spectres, liminality and aporia as conceptualised by Jacques Derrida, this article offers a critical read to Kosovo’s conundrums with its sovereignty. The main argument of this article is that in the system of sovereign states, Kosovo is permanently entangled in an aporetic situation in that it has to coexist between being a recognised and a contested state; between a legitimate and illegitimate polity; between unequivocally European and permanently detached from the EU. The article relies on longitudinal data gathered from digital and traditional ethnographic research in Kosovo conducted over the past seven years, including a dozen interviews with NGO actors, university professors, and journalists in Kosovo. In its conclusion, the article opens up the debate whether the only way to imagine Kosovo is in it being permanently unfinished, oscillating between meanings, concepts, and statuses.

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科索沃的幽灵：20年的犯罪和无视症

摘要本文使用雅克·德里达（Jacques Derrida）所概念化的光谱，禁闭和无视症概念，对科索沃的主权主权难题作了批判性解读。本文的主要论点是，在主权国家体系中，科索沃始终陷入一种外交局势，因为它必须在被承认的国家与有争议的国家之间共存；在合法和非法的政治之间；明确地在欧洲之间和永久脱离欧盟。本文基于过去七年来在科索沃进行的数字和传统人种学研究收集的纵向数据，包括对科索沃非政府组织演员，大学教授和记者的十多次访谈。最后，