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    New York [u.a.] :New York Univ. Press,
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    almafu_BV012736058
    Format: XIV, 233 S.
    ISBN: 0-8147-0671-1 , 0-8147-0672-X
    Content: "In the 1990s Serbs brought death and destruction to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo, and international condemnation and economic ruin on themselves. Heavenly Serbia searches for the causes behind the brutal and futile drive for a Greater Serbia. How did the Serbs rationalize, and rally support for, their genocidal activity?" "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."--BOOK JACKET.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
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    Keywords: Nation ; Mythos ; Geschichte ; Nationalismus ; Geschichte ; Schlacht auf dem Amselfeld ; Moralisches Handeln ; Mythos ; Nationalismus ; Expansionspolitik ; Völkermord
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