ISBN:
0520206908
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 244 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
22 cm
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Steele, David A. The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia. Michael A. Sells 1998
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in O'Connor, Joseph E. Two Cents for Bosnia 1998
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Banac, Ivo Law, Lawyers and the Holocaust: The Case Against Vichy France 1998
Series Statement:
Comparative studies in religion and society 11
Series Statement:
Comparative studies in religion and society
DDC:
949.702/4
Keywords:
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Atrocities
;
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
;
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Destruction and pillage
;
Muslims History 20th century
;
Genocide History 20th century
;
Persecution History 20th century
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Jugoslawien
;
Völkermord/Genozid
;
Kriegsverbrechen
;
Kriegsschuld/Kriegsursache/Konfliktursache
;
Religion
;
Register
;
Literaturverzeichnis/Bibliographie
;
civil war
;
Yugoslavia
;
genocide
;
war crimes
;
war guilt/causes of war
;
religion
;
index
;
bibliography
;
Bosnia and Herzegovina History 1992-
;
Bosnien
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Völkermord
;
Geschichte 1991-1996
;
Religion
Abstract:
In this passionate yet carefully documented book, Sells draws on Balkan literature, unpublished United Nations reports, Internet postings, and personal contacts in the region to reveal for the first time the central role played by religious mythology and stereotyping in the Bosnian tragedy. Sells, himself of Serbian American descent, traces the cultural logic of genocide to the manipulation by contemporary nationalists of the ancient battle of Kosovo - in which the fallen Serb prince Lazar is viewed as a Christ figure and Muslims are portrayed as "Christ-Killers" who must be exterminated before the crucified Serb nation can be resurrected. He shows how intellectuals and clergy created a "Christoslavic" nationalism that viewed converts to Islam as traitors to the Slavic race and marked out their descendants for destruction
Abstract:
Sells also reveals how Western policy makers rewarded the perpetrators of the genocide and punished the victims. He concludes by explaining how the multireligious society of Bosnia served as a bridge between Christendom and Islam, symbolized by the now-destroyed ancient bridge at Mostar. In addition, he makes clear what is at stake, in the effort to preserve Bosnia, for the entire post-cold war world and especially for multireligious societies such as our own
Abstract:
In this passionate yet carefully documented book, Sells draws on Balkan literature, unpublished United Nations reports, Internet postings, and personal contacts in the region to reveal for the first time the central role played by religious mythology and stereotyping in the Bosnian tragedy. Sells, himself of Serbian American descent, traces the cultural logic of genocide to the manipulation by contemporary nationalists of the ancient battle of Kosovo - in which the fallen Serb prince Lazar is viewed as a Christ figure and Muslims are portrayed as "Christ-Killers" who must be exterminated before the crucified Serb nation can be resurrected. He shows how intellectuals and clergy created a "Christoslavic" nationalism that viewed converts to Islam as traitors to the Slavic race and marked out their descendants for destruction
Abstract:
Sells also reveals how Western policy makers rewarded the perpetrators of the genocide and punished the victims. He concludes by explaining how the multireligious society of Bosnia served as a bridge between Christendom and Islam, symbolized by the now-destroyed ancient bridge at Mostar. In addition, he makes clear what is at stake, in the effort to preserve Bosnia, for the entire post-cold war world and especially for multireligious societies such as our own
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