Hilmi M. Zawati Historicism, Nationalism, and Religious Prejudice
Religious affiliation emerged as a source of antagonism among the Yugoslav nations, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after WWII. There is no doubt that the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda had religious dimensions, and that religion was manipulated by religious leaders who had successfully used it to augment the feelings of religious nationalism and ancient hatreds among different ethnic entities. Religion and nationalism often overlapped in constructing national identity within individual ethnic groups. This chapter investigates how the warring parties, mainly Bosnian Serbs and Rwandan Hutu extremists, employed ethnocentrism, historicism, and ethno-religious nationalism to enforce their political agenda.
In ethno-national crisis, religion may interfere in two ways: in how each religious group deals with history to generate national awareness and in the extent to which religion affects and shapes the ethnic identity of each group.4 In Kosovo, Serbian national identity is traditionally linked to the prolonged conflict with Muslim presence in the form of Ottoman power in the Balkan peninsula. This identity was placed in sharp relief by the Serbs’ defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Accordingly, the Serbian Church and the myth of Kosovo became the two distinctive features of Serbian national identity. Serbian religious nationalism was the key element behind the break-up of Yugoslavia and paved the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide
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Religious affiliation emerged as a source of antagonism among the Yugoslav nations, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after WWII. There is no doubt that the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda had religious dimensions, and that religion was manipulated by religious leaders who had successfully used it to augment the feelings of religious nationalism and ancient hatreds among different ethnic entities. Religion and nationalism often overlapped in constructing national identity within individual ethnic groups. This chapter investigates how the warring parties, mainly Bosnian Serbs and Rwandan Hutu extremists, employed ethnocentrism, historicism, and ethno-religious nationalism to enforce their political agenda.
In ethno-national crisis, religion may interfere in two ways: in how each religious group deals with history to generate national awareness and in the extent to which religion affects and shapes the ethnic identity of each group.4 In Kosovo, Serbian national identity is traditionally linked to the prolonged conflict with Muslim presence in the form of Ottoman power in the Balkan peninsula. This identity was placed in sharp relief by the Serbs’ defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Accordingly, the Serbian Church and the myth of Kosovo became the two distinctive features of Serbian national identity. Serbian religious nationalism was the key element behind the break-up of Yugoslavia and paved the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284105347_Historicism_Nationalism_and_Religious_Prejudice
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Religious affiliation emerged as a source of antagonism among the Yugoslav nations, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after WWII. There is no doubt that the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda had religious dimensions, and that religion was manipulated by religious leaders who had successfully used it to augment the feelings of religious nationalism and ancient hatreds among different ethnic entities. Religion and nationalism often overlapped in constructing national identity within individual ethnic groups. This chapter investigates how the warring parties, mainly Bosnian Serbs and Rwandan Hutu extremists, employed ethnocentrism, historicism, and ethno-religious nationalism to enforce their political agenda.
In ethno-national crisis, religion may interfere in two ways: in how each religious group deals with history to generate national awareness and in the extent to which religion affects and shapes the ethnic identity of each group.4 In Kosovo, Serbian national identity is traditionally linked to the prolonged conflict with Muslim presence in the form of Ottoman power in the Balkan peninsula. This identity was placed in sharp relief by the Serbs’ defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Accordingly, the Serbian Church and the myth of Kosovo became the two distinctive features of Serbian national identity. Serbian religious nationalism was the key element behind the break-up of Yugoslavia and paved the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284105347_Historicism_Nationalism_and_Religious_Prejudice
Image source: https://www.thebostonpilot.com/opinion/article.asp?ID=181780
Religious affiliation emerged as a source of antagonism among the Yugoslav nations, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after WWII. There is no doubt that the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda had religious dimensions, and that religion was manipulated by religious leaders who had successfully used it to augment the feelings of religious nationalism and ancient hatreds among different ethnic entities. Religion and nationalism often overlapped in constructing national identity within individual ethnic groups. This chapter investigates how the warring parties, mainly Bosnian Serbs and Rwandan Hutu extremists, employed ethnocentrism, historicism, and ethno-religious nationalism to enforce their political agenda.
In ethno-national crisis, religion may interfere in two ways: in how each religious group deals with history to generate national awareness and in the extent to which religion affects and shapes the ethnic identity of each group.4 In Kosovo, Serbian national identity is traditionally linked to the prolonged conflict with Muslim presence in the form of Ottoman power in the Balkan peninsula. This identity was placed in sharp relief by the Serbs’ defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Accordingly, the Serbian Church and the myth of Kosovo became the two distinctive features of Serbian national identity. Serbian religious nationalism was the key element behind the break-up of Yugoslavia and paved the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284105347_Historicism_Nationalism_and_Religious_Prejudice
Image source: https://www.thebostonpilot.com/opinion/article.asp?ID=181780