Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideNYU Press, 1999 M03 1 - 256 pages Traces Serbia's nationalist and expansionist impulses to the legendary battle of Kosovo in 1389 |
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... Montenegrin literatures: a poem glorifying genocide. Among writers who belong to a culture with a much greater separation between ecclesiastic and political powers one finds a strikingly different attitude toward the enemy. I frequently ...
... Montenegrin scholar points out the ideological metamorphosis of two such saints: Concrete historical personalities are elevated to mythic symbols, and an ideological substance . . . is mostly concentrated around figures with the aura of ...
... the population professing religious faith:30 Surveys of religiosity in communist Yugoslavia are not always reliable, but all of them show Serbs and Montenegrins at the bottom of the scale. Moreover, the lack of religious spirit.
... Montenegrin Orthodox Church (which was de facto autocephalous after the abolition of the patriarchate of Peć in 1766) in 1918 was an important step in Serbian efforts to make Montenegro an integral part of Serbia. Since an autocephalous ...
... Montenegrin, he was simply overjoyed. He asked me with some hesitation whether the Montenegrins belonged to the Orthodox faith. When I confirmed that they are Orthodox, explained that Montenegro is on the dividing line between the ...
Contents
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian National Identity | |
Pagan War | |
A Vicious Circle of Lies and Fears | |
The Outsiders MythCalculations | |
Conclusion | |