SCAPEGOATING AND THE SIMULATION OF
MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: "ETHNIC CLEANSING" AND THE SERBIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH
Keith Doubt Wittenberg University
ABSTRACT
In this paper I use the concept of scapegoating to explain the ritualized character of
"ethnic cleansing" after the break-up of Yugoslavia in the I990s. I provide an
overvieiw of the political background behind these events, introduce the role and
influence of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and analyze the collective violence known as
ethnic cleansing through... Acrobat PDF (658kb) >>> |
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THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE NEW
SERBIAN IDENTITY:
Study
01/31/2006 , HCHRS
At the turn of the penultimate decade of the 20th century to the last,
the world was shocked by the (out-of-court) pronouncement of the death verdict for an
artist, that is, an author by the leader of a theocratic regime, on the grounds that his
book insulted one religion or, to be more exact, Islam and all Muslims. Naturally, it is
the question of the famous Rushdie affair. According to the leader of the Iranian
revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, the novel "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie was
blasphemous and the author... Acrobat PDF (173kb) >>> |
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WHAT THE CHURCH CAN(NOT) BE ASKED
ABOUT - THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, STATE AND SOCIETY IN SERBIA -
Study
01/31/2006 , HCHRS
In March 2005, Serbian President Boris Tadic stated that "even if
the Church is not a part of the state, given the political context we live in, it is
certainly a part of the society and should be asked about many vital issues relating both
to individuals and the society as a whole". Tadic's view that "the Church should
be asked" caused a considerable controversy and numerous reactions in public. Some
public figures, including both the former... Acrobat PDF (218kb) >>> |
