Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals: The Quest for an Eternal IdentityCentral European University Press, 1 jan. 2003 - 298 sidor This book is a comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national (the Serbian people) and a religiou (the Orthodox Christian faith) content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social anthropology, theology, political theory, Balkan historiography, and Serbian folklore, is deployed to provide a powerful and original analysis of how Serbian Orthodoxy has resulted in the sacralisation of the Serbian nation by framing the parameters of its existence. Addresses the following questions: what 'makes' a Serb? Are meaningful assumptions possible by introducing Serbian Orthodoxy as the primal point of reference? Why does religion appear to have an especially strong appeal? |
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Accounting for Fundamentalism in Serbia | 21 |
Conclusion | 98 |
Chapter Four THE PURSUIT OF SECULAR SALVATION | 109 |
Vox Populi or Vox Dei? | 110 |
Serbian Orthodoxy and Yugoslav Communism | 115 |
Josip Broz Tito | 119 |
The Serbian Monarchy | 122 |
The Chetnik Movement | 124 |
Slobodan Milosevic | 125 |
Conclusion | 23 |
Chapter Two ORTHODOXY AND SERBIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY | 35 |
The Doctrinal Content of Orthodoxy | 36 |
The Creation of Man in the Image and Likeness of God | 38 |
The Triune GodFather Son and the Holy Spirit | 39 |
The FunctionalCultusContent of Orthodoxy | 41 |
The Role of the Orthodox Liturgy | 42 |
The Normative Expressions of Orthodoxy | 43 |
Baptism and Chrismation | 44 |
The Eucharist | 45 |
The Holy Matrimony of Marriage | 46 |
Serbian Orthodoxy | 47 |
The Foundations of the Serbian Orthodoxy | 50 |
Orthodoxy as the Sacralisation of the Serbian Identity | 54 |
Krsna Slava | 56 |
The Religious Non Affinity of the Serbs | 57 |
Conclusion | 60 |
Chapter Three HOMO SERBICUS | 73 |
Homo Serbicus Historical and Territorial Hypostases | 78 |
The Love Ethic | 82 |
Honour | 83 |
The Concept of Heroism | 85 |
The Concept of Freedom | 87 |
The Concepts of Justice and Vengeance | 88 |
The Zadruga | 92 |
Kumstvo | 93 |
Homo Serbicus Balkan Mentality | 94 |
Homo Serbicus Mere Stereotypes? | 96 |
Orthodoxy and the Culture of Power in Serbia | 127 |
Serbian Orthodoxy and Democracy | 130 |
Conclusion | 134 |
Chapter Five THE PURSUIT OF SACRIFICIAL SALVATION | 147 |
National Myths and Mythogenesis | 148 |
The Kosovo Battle 1389 | 152 |
The Legend of Kosovo | 154 |
The Continuous Dialogue between the Present and the Past | 162 |
The Kosovo Sacrifice | 165 |
Conclusion | 168 |
Chapter Six TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF | 179 |
Homo Homini Lupus | 180 |
Instrumental Violence and Orthodoxy | 184 |
The Serbian Warrior | 189 |
The Distortion of Brotherhood and Unity | 194 |
God of Life and Death | 197 |
Homo et Femina Nervis Laborans Psychosis? | 200 |
Conclusion | 201 |
Chapter Seven THE BALKAN ORTHODOX COMMONWEALTH | 213 |
The Greek Orthodoxy | 215 |
The Bulgarian Orthodoxy | 221 |
The Romanian Orthodoxy | 227 |
Conclusion | 232 |
CONCLUSION | 241 |
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