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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... forces (the fourth largest in Europe) seemed to provide a unique opportunity for the realization of the central promise of Serbian national mythology—the creation of the Second Serbian Empire. Myths have played an essential role in ...
... force leading to genocide is not the pathology of the individuals organizing and committing the genocide, but the pathology of the ideas guiding them. These ideas are often produced and propagated by relatively normal people who may be ...
... force into an unruly privileged class that created grave problems for both the population and the authorities in Istanbul and was abolished in 1826. Another source of dissatisfaction was the local landed potentates, who displayed a ...
... forces were destroyed, and both brothers lost their lives. Resistance and Collaboration After the catastrophe at Chernomen, the Serbs were even more divided, because several warlords in the south had become Turkish vassals. These ...
... forces of Tamerlane in Asia, the resistance of some Serbs, and significant Bosnian, Albanian, Wallachian, and ... forces of Sultan Bayezid I over an alliance of European forces led by the Hungarian King Sigismund consolidated Turkish ...
Contents
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian National Identity | |
Pagan War | |
A Vicious Circle of Lies and Fears | |
The Outsiders MythCalculations | |
Conclusion | |