Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHurst, 1999 - 233 pages Heavenly Serbia traces Serbia's expansionist impulses to Serbian national mythology. The dominant myth - that of "Heavenly Serbia" - appeared soon after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. It attributed the Serb's defeat by the Turks and the loss of the medieval Serbian state to the Serb's preference for moral salvation over military victory. By emphasizing their commitment to the heavenly kingdom and promising an eventual restoration of the Serbian empire, this myth helped the Serbs to bear their centuries-long domination by a foreign power. Though they ultimately shed the Turkish yoke and regained statehood in the nineteenth century, the Serbs, according to Anzulovic, retained this central myth in the form of feelings of superiority to their neighbors, and a sense of destiny ordaining them to become the dominant power in the Balkans. The myth has been perpetuated by political and religious leaders, historians, novelists, and artists, and has found acceptance abroad as well. |
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Page 55
... noted the discrepancy between Njegoš's ideas and Christ's teaching : " Unlike the gentle Nazarene , teacher of love and forgiveness , God Sabbaoth , Christ Pantocrator , Archangel Michael , and Saint George are symbols of a heroized ...
... noted the discrepancy between Njegoš's ideas and Christ's teaching : " Unlike the gentle Nazarene , teacher of love and forgiveness , God Sabbaoth , Christ Pantocrator , Archangel Michael , and Saint George are symbols of a heroized ...
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... noted serious deficiencies of the work , both in style and content . The Time reviewer found it " turgid in style and parochial in scope . " 85 John Simon stated in Book Week that , " for the most part , Djilas rambles and repeats ...
... noted serious deficiencies of the work , both in style and content . The Time reviewer found it " turgid in style and parochial in scope . " 85 John Simon stated in Book Week that , " for the most part , Djilas rambles and repeats ...
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... noted that " If each ' interethnic ' crime is interpreted as a political act and as an expression of nationalist hatred , and if it is given huge publicity , a single such event suffices to scare the entire population of Kosovo ...
... noted that " If each ' interethnic ' crime is interpreted as a political act and as an expression of nationalist hatred , and if it is given huge publicity , a single such event suffices to scare the entire population of Kosovo ...
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Dinaric Highlanders and Their Songs | 45 |
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian | 69 |
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