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HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG

Religion and Human Rights

 

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) >>>

 

THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE NEW SERBIAN IDENTITY:

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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) >>>

 

WHAT THE CHURCH CAN(NOT) BE ASKED ABOUT - THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, STATE AND SOCIETY IN SERBIA -

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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) >>>

 

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