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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... Yugoslav union in 1918, the memory of the 1389 battle remained vivid to the Serbs. Many observers have noticed the intensity of the memory of that distant battle; an anthropologist described its commemoration five and a half centuries ...
... Yugoslavia (disregarding the very brief one in Slovenia) is characterized by a different religion. This fact has led some observers to believe that we are dealing here with religious wars. However, while religion is undoubtedly a very ...
... Yugoslav republics and autonomous provinces, made in November 1985, gave the following data about the percentages of the population professing religious faith:30 Surveys of religiosity in communist Yugoslavia are not always reliable ...
... Yugoslav communist regime, in the process of formally establishing Macedonia as a nation after the Second World War, insisted on the formation of the Macedonian Orthodox Church against strong objections by the existing Orthodox churches ...
... and dismantling communist regimes. It also explains why one of Stalin's closest associates showed such enthusiasm upon the discovery that a Yugoslav ambassador to the Soviet Union shared the Orthodox heritage, as the latter.
Contents
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian National Identity | |
Pagan War | |
A Vicious Circle of Lies and Fears | |
The Outsiders MythCalculations | |
Conclusion | |