Explores how nationalists in the former Yugoslavia have politicized history and historical narratives for political gain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Draws on examples from all of the former Yugoslav republics<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThis book is very timely: the instrumentalization of history for political goals has become a pressing issue and worrisome feature of many polities, to the point of challenging even the most consolidated democracies. Focusing on Yugoslavia\u2019s fragile successor states, the authors explore plurifold analytical levels, including local, regional, transnational, European and global perspectives. The authors comprehensively demonstrate how politicizing history, in the postwar and postcommunist societies of what was once Yugoslavia, has prevented both reconciliation and democratization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014Sabine Rutar<\/strong>, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOgnjenovic and Jozelic focus here on the former Yugoslavia before and after its fragmentation to explore and evaluate the various uses of histories by nationalists, both those who promoted \u2018federal nationalism\u2019 and those who peddle specific local nationalisms in successor states. The book deals specifically with the Western Balkans, but these developments have their parallels in many other parts of the world, and the book will be useful well beyond the region on which the study is based.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014Paul Mojzes<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus, Rosemont College, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe former Yugoslavia has become a battlefield for the \u2018Memory Wars\u2019, in spite of the wealth of judicially established facts and available evidences gathered about the atrocities in the region, and various initiatives aimed at dealing with the past and efforts at transitional justice. Focusing on three periods of Yugoslav history \u2013 the Second World War, socialist Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav wars of 1991\u20132001 \u2013 the contributors show that despite these efforts to deal with the past, sustainable peace and reconciliation across ethnic and religious groups remain a distant aim.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014Marijana Toma<\/strong>, Center for Cultural Decontamination, Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n This book analyzes how nationalists in the former Yugoslavia have politicized history to further their political agendas, retaining and prolonging conflict among different cultural and religious groups, and impeding the process of lasting reconciliation. It explores how narratives have been (mis)used, drawing on examples from all of the former Yugoslav republics. With contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, it provides a vital assessment of how nationalists have attempted to (re)shape public collective memory and relativize facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Introduction \u2013 Nationalism and the Politicization of History in the Former Yugoslavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ognjenovic, Gorana (et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Post-Communism and Recent History: The Case of Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bing, Albert<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reclaiming Illyria: The Notorious Usefulness of Archaeology to Communism and Nationalism Alike in Yugoslavia and After<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prusac-Lindhagen, Marina<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Europeanization of Memory at the Jasenovac Memorial Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Radoni\u0107, Ljiljana<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Political Instrumentalization of a Site of the Holocaust: Contested Memories of the Semlin Camp in Belgrade<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Byford, Jovan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thrice Plundered: The Politics of Restitution with Regard to the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friedman, Francine<\/p>\n\n\n\n Himmler\u2019s SS Hand\u017ear Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andjelic, Neven<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Highway of Memorial Symbolism: A Thin Red Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ognjenovic, Gorana<\/p>\n\n\n\n Constructing a Truth Regime: The 1999 NATO Intervention in Serbian Political Memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suboti\u0107, Jelena (et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Manhood: Martyrs, Freedom Fighters, and Statesmen in Kosovo\u2019s State-Making<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Luci, Nita<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Politicization of History in North Macedonia (1941\u20132018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skalovski, Denko<\/p>\n\n\n\n Djilas Reconsidered: The Attitudes of Montenegro Toward Milovan Djilas After 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u02c7agorovi\u0107, Neboj\u0161a<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slovenia: From the Best European Pupil to Perpetrator of One of the Most Egregious ECHR Violations<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kogov\u0161ek \u0160alamon, Ne\u017ea (et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mass Myths to Mass Graves: Politicizing Memory in Serbia as a Prelude to Genocide in Bosnia<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adams, Ron (et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n YU Rearview Mirror: Ways of Remembering Yugoslavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Velikonja, Mitja<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reconfiguring and Imposing Identity: Politicization of Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jozelic, Jasna<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jozelic, Jasna (et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afterword<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buturovic, Amila<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the authors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gorana Ognjenovic is Research Fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jasna Jozelic is a PhD candidate and research advisor at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Copyright: 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Number of Pages: XX, 377<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/gp\/book\/9783030658311<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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