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Njegos’s The Mountain Wreath: The Text Behind Serbian Nationalism’s Racist Foundation Myth

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 203 - 218, 24.10.2019

Abstract

This study investigates Serbian
ultra-nationalism that is bent on the destruction of a multi-cultural
community, Bosnia which is not wholly distinct. In the study of the avows of
colonial-settlers—whose foundation myths assert absolute racial and cultural
exclusivity based on the divine decree—the consequences in terms of ethnic
cleansing is explained. Although, ultimately massacre of the indigenous
minority populations look inevitable; and the following consequences may be
insidious—especially if other powerful nations fail to intervene. To prevent
dire consequences, it should be considered that failure may stem from the
reality that the dominant powers share the racial or cultural bias of the
colonizing power and therefore collude more or less overtly to assist the
establishment of the aggressor. Thereby, they assist in the eclipse of the
groups targeted for extermination. The
Mountain Wreath
by Petar Njegos, The Bridge on the Drina by
Ivo Andriç
and The Bridge Betrayed
by Michael A. Sells are discussed in a comparative way to fully
clear the background of a great massacre at the end of twentieth century.

References

  • Andric, I. (1959). The bridge on the Drina. University of Chicago Press.
  • Bevan, R. (2006). The destruction of memory: Architecture at war. London: Reaktion Books.
  • Cornwell, J. (1999). Hitler’s pope: The secret history of Pius xii. London: Penguin Books.
  • Greenawalt, A. (2019). Kosovo myths: Karadzic, Njegos, and the transformation of Serb memory. Retrieved 29.07.2019, from https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/ 339.
  • Hashemipour, S. (2018). A way-out of epistemology: Jewish identity in the ‘thirteenth tribe. The Journal of Organizational Behavior Research, 3(1), 129-147.
  • Malcolm, N. (1999). Kosovo: A short history. Harper Collins.
  • Naimark, N. M. (2002). Fires of hatred: Ethnic cleansing in twentieth-century Europe. Cambridge,
  • Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press.
  • Pavic, M. (1989). Dictionary of the Khazars: a lexicon novel in 100.000 words. Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Popovic, V. (n.d.). Introduction” to Petar II Petrovic Njegos..
  • Said, E. W. (1994). Culture and imperialism. London: Vintage.
  • Sells, M. (1998). The bridge betrayed: Religion and genocide in Bosnia. Berkeley: UC Press.
  • Wachtel, A. B. (1998). Making a nation, breaking a nation: Literature and cultural politics in Yugoslavia. Stanford Univ. Press.
  • Wallace, W. L. (1997). The future of ethnicity, race, and nationality. Connecticut: Praeger: Westport.

Njegos ve Dağ Çelengi: Sırp Milliyetçiliğinin Irkçı Efsanesinin Arkasındaki Metin

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 203 - 218, 24.10.2019

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Sırp aşırı milliyetçiliğin kendinden farklı
olmayan çok kültürlü bir toplum olan Bosna’nın yıkıma uğratma çabasını araştırıyor.
Bu çalışmada, mitolojik geçmişi—ilahi bir lütfe dayandığını inanarak—belirli
ırk ve kült üre münhasır olduğunu iddia eden sömürgeci yerleşimcilerin, bir
etniği yok etme çabaları ele alınmıştır. Olayların gelişimi sonucunda, azınlık olan
yerli topluluğun katliamı kaçınılmaz görünse bile, güçlü uluslar müdahale
etmedikleri müddetçe, paylaşılan sonuçlar güvenilir olmayabilir. Bu düşünce
yapısının neticesinde ortaya çıkan sonuçlar açıklanırken de, tepkileri önlemek
için bazı yanlışların, inanılan gerçeklerden kaynaklı olduğu açıklanmıştır.
Egemen güçler, sömürgeci gücün ırksal veya kültürel sebeplerini paylaşarak,
saldırganın hakimiyet kurmasını meşru kılamayıp, yok edilmeleri hedeflenen
grupların kurtuluşuna yardımcı olmaktalar. Petar Njegos’un Dağ Çelenkleri ve
Michael A. Sells’in İhanete Uğramış Köprü eserleri, Yirminci yüzyılın sonunda büyük
bir katliamın arka planını açıklama amaçlı, karşılaştırmalı olarak ele alınmıştır.

References

  • Andric, I. (1959). The bridge on the Drina. University of Chicago Press.
  • Bevan, R. (2006). The destruction of memory: Architecture at war. London: Reaktion Books.
  • Cornwell, J. (1999). Hitler’s pope: The secret history of Pius xii. London: Penguin Books.
  • Greenawalt, A. (2019). Kosovo myths: Karadzic, Njegos, and the transformation of Serb memory. Retrieved 29.07.2019, from https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/ 339.
  • Hashemipour, S. (2018). A way-out of epistemology: Jewish identity in the ‘thirteenth tribe. The Journal of Organizational Behavior Research, 3(1), 129-147.
  • Malcolm, N. (1999). Kosovo: A short history. Harper Collins.
  • Naimark, N. M. (2002). Fires of hatred: Ethnic cleansing in twentieth-century Europe. Cambridge,
  • Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press.
  • Pavic, M. (1989). Dictionary of the Khazars: a lexicon novel in 100.000 words. Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Popovic, V. (n.d.). Introduction” to Petar II Petrovic Njegos..
  • Said, E. W. (1994). Culture and imperialism. London: Vintage.
  • Sells, M. (1998). The bridge betrayed: Religion and genocide in Bosnia. Berkeley: UC Press.
  • Wachtel, A. B. (1998). Making a nation, breaking a nation: Literature and cultural politics in Yugoslavia. Stanford Univ. Press.
  • Wallace, W. L. (1997). The future of ethnicity, race, and nationality. Connecticut: Praeger: Westport.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Creative Arts and Writing
Journal Section Articles
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Saman Hashemipour 0000-0003-1756-3929

Publication Date October 24, 2019
Acceptance Date August 7, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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APA Hashemipour, S. (2019). Njegos’s The Mountain Wreath: The Text Behind Serbian Nationalism’s Racist Foundation Myth. Universal Journal of History and Culture, 1(2), 203-218.
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