Perspectives: Narratives in the Balkans
In the region, patriarchal, homophobic and exclusive tendencies are dominating, shaping a climate of intolerance, of exclusion, of the radical negation of all things humane and rational. The consequences are rigid defence mechanisms against progressive and secular approaches. Instead of modernity, instead of establishing welfare for all, the citizens are kept in a perpetual combat zone, from which hundreds of thousands are fleeing – without war – in order to find their happiness in work and life elsewhere, beyond the continuing radicalisation.
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Table of contents
Foreword - Srđan Dvornik 2
Introduction - In the Combat Zone - Marion Kraske 4
Life-Shaping Narratives
Understanding "Strategic Narratives" on the Balkans and its Borders - Nermina Mujagić 7
How is the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina Perceived in 2017? - Srđan Puhalo 12
How to Come to Terms with the Concept of the Croatians as the Triple Victim of the Past? - Stevo Đurašković 16
A Quest for Alternatives
What is the Civic Option in Bosnia and Herzegovina? - Asim Mujkić 21
Antifascism, Communism and the Yugoslavian National Idea in the Jaws of Nationalism - Srđan Milošević 31
Transcending Consociationalism: In Support of Civic Bosnia and Herzegovina - Senada Šelo Šabić 34
Majority, Minority and Political Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mate Subašić 40
(In)surmountable past
The Taste of Nationalism - Ildiko Erdei 43
Women – Active Participants in a Passive Role - Đurđa Knežević 46
Manipulating War Crimes as a Narrative Used in Everyday Politics in BiH - Lejla Turčilo 50
The Dominance of Ethnic Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina will Continue - Damir Kapidžić 54
The Hague Tribunal – Reconciliation on Hold - Nemanja Stjepanović 58
Changing Narratives, Changing Histories
Dormant yet Radiant History: Memories of the First World War in the Republic of Macedonia - Petar Todorov 62
Historical Revisionism - Erich Rathfelder 66
Collective Glorification of Individual Guilt - It is their Fault, not Ours - Zarije Seizović 70
Fear and Hate – The Two Edges of the Same Sword - Xhabir Memedi Deralla 73