Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHeavenly 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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... this is the utmost expression of affection — they carry it in their teeth the same
as a delighted girl carries a love flower.111 Lubarda justifies this hatred and call
to revenge by maintaining that Bosnia has always been a land of hatred. "Bosnia
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... this is the utmost expression of affection — they carry it in their teeth the same
as a delighted girl carries a love flower.111 Lubarda justifies this hatred and call
to revenge by maintaining that Bosnia has always been a land of hatred. "Bosnia
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a land of hatred."113 Lubarda uses the prestige of the Nobel-laureate Andric to
boost his thesis without informing the reader that the "letter" is in fact not a letter
but a short story, written not in 1920 but shortly after the Second World War, when
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a land of hatred."113 Lubarda uses the prestige of the Nobel-laureate Andric to
boost his thesis without informing the reader that the "letter" is in fact not a letter
but a short story, written not in 1920 but shortly after the Second World War, when
...
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By the late 1980s the Serbs' intoxication with self-pity and hatred became so
widespread that even the novelist Slobodan Selenic, who had frequently been
critical of Serbian mores, was swept away by it. Stating that Milosevic restored his
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By the late 1980s the Serbs' intoxication with self-pity and hatred became so
widespread that even the novelist Slobodan Selenic, who had frequently been
critical of Serbian mores, was swept away by it. Stating that Milosevic restored his
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Heavenly Serbia | 11 |
The Encounter with the Turks | 33 |
Dinaric Highlanders and Their Songs | 45 |
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