Overview

Kecmanovic deals with the phenomenon of ethnonationalism, both as a broad, worldwide concern and as a key ingredient to the struggles in the former Yugoslavia. As in the former Yugoslavia, the rise of ethnonationalistic sentiments and attitudes coincided with the transition from a state-and party-run affair to a new, post-communist type of government and society. Drawing upon his personal experiences in Sarajevo, Kecmanovic provides a unique view of the conflict. In a style accessible to students and general readers, he traces the transformations of leading principles, value systems, behavioral patterns, and views of people in times of severe ethnic tensions. At times nearly novelistic, the book examines epidemic ethnonationalism and individual manifestations such as violence toward members of other groups, beliefs that ethnic differences are genetic, a need to aggrandize and even manufacture differences between communities.

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Author:   Dusan Kecmanovic
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780275974619

ISBN 10:   0275974618
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 November 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks Between the Old Regime and the New Why There Are So Many Faithful Journey Through Post-Yugoslavia in the Height of Ethnic Times Neither Sick Nor Hale and Hearty The Violence of Daily Life The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Victim His Father Saved Him The Individual and the Collective in Ethnonationalism A Good Enough Enemy The Boomerang of Impassioned Bias Endemic and Epidemic Ethnonationalists Inverse Enthnonationalism The Woes of Divided Loyalty Ethnonationalism in the Genes Brief Conversation with an Ethnonationalist about Children from Ethnically Mixed Marriages Is There Something Mentally Wrong with Ethnonationalists? Why Ethnonationalists Are Aggressive Ethnic Stereotypes in the Writings of Croatian and Serbian Psychiatrists Prove You're a Serb Reactive Ethnonationalists Obsession with Ethnicity Index

Reviews

[T]his is an original and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of nationalism and ethnic identity in Yugoslavia. A plus (or minus depending on your opinion) about Kecmanovic's work is that it stands apart from other nationalism theorists- he does not discuss or debate their conclusions, nor are they of interest to him. Quite independently, it seems, he has come at nationalism and ethnic identity from a new angle, one that is refreshing and thought-provoking....[G]et a copy from your library....It's well worth reading. -Nations and Nationalism [I]f seen in the context of the increasingly large literature on ethnic issues fuelling recent crises and wars, including those in the Balkans at the end of the twentieth century, Kecmanovic's publication is certainly a valuable contribution. -Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism I f seen in the context of the increasingly large literature on ethnic issues fuelling recent crises and wars, including those in the Balkans at the end of the twentieth century, Kecmanovic's publication is certainly a valuable contribution. -Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism T his is an original and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of nationalism and ethnic identity in Yugoslavia. A plus (or minus depending on your opinion) about Kecmanovic's work is that it stands apart from other nationalism theorists- he does not discuss or debate their conclusions, nor are they of interest to him. Quite independently, it seems, he has come at nationalism and ethnic identity from a new angle, one that is refreshing and thought-provoking.... G et a copy from your library....It's well worth reading. -Nations and Nationalism ?[I]f seen in the context of the increasingly large literature on ethnic issues fuelling recent crises and wars, including those in the Balkans at the end of the twentieth century, Kecmanovic's publication is certainly a valuable contribution.?-Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism ?[T]his is an original and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of nationalism and ethnic identity in Yugoslavia. A plus (or minus depending on your opinion) about Kecmanovic's work is that it stands apart from other nationalism theorists- he does not discuss or debate their conclusions, nor are they of interest to him. Quite independently, it seems, he has come at nationalism and ethnic identity from a new angle, one that is refreshing and thought-provoking....[G]et a copy from your library....It's well worth reading.?-Nations and Nationalism

?[T]his is an original and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of nationalism and ethnic identity in Yugoslavia. A plus (or minus depending on your opinion) about Kecmanovic's work is that it stands apart from other nationalism theorists- he does not discuss or debate their conclusions, nor are they of interest to him. Quite independently, it seems, he has come at nationalism and ethnic identity from a new angle, one that is refreshing and thought-provoking....[G]et a copy from your library....It's well worth reading.?-Nations and Nationalism

Author Information

DUSAN KECMANOVIC is formerly professor of psychiatry and political psychology at Sarajevo University. He has published extensively in the field of social psychiatry, social pathology, and the psychology of ethnonationalism. Among his earlier publications are The Abuse of the Mentally Ill and The Mass Psychology of Ethnonationalism. Professor Kecmanovic left the war-ridden Balkans in 1993, and he has lived in Sydney, Australia since.

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