Finding the right words

Finding the right words

Albania is one of those Balkan countries too easily misunderstood, overlooked or stereotyped, with a history most conveniently described as “complicated.” One person who has helped the wider world get a better sense of its recent past is Albanian-born-and-raised writer Leah Ypi, a professor of political theory based at the prestigious London School of Economics. While she has often placed Albania at the centre of her political theorising, Ypi sp…