Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHurst, 1999 - 233 страници 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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... Balkan highlanders . The pov- erty of the people fighting for survival on the barren soil of these mountains , the absence of cities , the isolation , and the preservation of a tribal social structure are important additional factors ...
... Balkan highlanders . The pov- erty of the people fighting for survival on the barren soil of these mountains , the absence of cities , the isolation , and the preservation of a tribal social structure are important additional factors ...
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... Balkan countries , without reference to political fragmentation . For example , " balkanize — to reduce a country to chaotic conditions re- garded as typical of Balkan countries . " Dizionario Garzanti della lingua italiana ( Milan ...
... Balkan countries , without reference to political fragmentation . For example , " balkanize — to reduce a country to chaotic conditions re- garded as typical of Balkan countries . " Dizionario Garzanti della lingua italiana ( Milan ...
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... Balkan Ghosts : A Journey through History ( New York : St. Martin's , 1993 ) , xxii . A reviewer , Henry R. Cooper , Jr. , gave the following assessment of Kaplan's work : " unintimidated by his ignorance of local languages and history ...
... Balkan Ghosts : A Journey through History ( New York : St. Martin's , 1993 ) , xxii . A reviewer , Henry R. Cooper , Jr. , gave the following assessment of Kaplan's work : " unintimidated by his ignorance of local languages and history ...
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