Heavenly Serbia : : From Myth to Genocide / / Branimir Anzulovic.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Anzulovic, Branimir,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

As violence and turmoil continue to define the former Yugoslavia, basic questions remain unanswered: What are the forces behind the Serbian expansionist drive that has brought death and destruction to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo? How did the Serbs rationalize, and rally support for, this genocidal activity? Heavenly Serbia traces Serbia's nationalist and expansionist impulses to the legendary battle of Kosovo in 1389. Anzulovic shows how the myth of "Heavenly Serbia" developed to help the Serbs endure foreign domination, explaining their military defeat and the loss of their medieval state by emphasizing their own moral superiority over military victory. Heavenly Serbia shows how this myth resulted in an aggressive nationalist ideology which has triumphed in the late twentieth century and marginalized those Serbs who strive for the establishment of a civil society. "Modern Serbian nationalism.and its contradictory connections.have been sources of considerable scholarly interest.Branimir Anzulovic's compendium is a good example of the genre, made all the more useful by Anzulovic's excellent command of the literature."-Ivo Banac, History of Religions Author interview with CNN: http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/branimir_chat.html

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Pronunciation, Transliteration, and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Heavenly Serbia -- 2. The Encounter with the Turks -- 3. Dinaric Highlanders and Their Songs -- 4. The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian National Identity -- 5. A Vicious Circle of Lies and Fears -- 6. The Outsiders’ Myth-Calculations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index