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ETHNO-NATIONAL HOMOGENIZATION IN THE POST-YUGOSLAV AREA
ETHNO-NATIONAL HOMOGENIZATION IN THE POST-YUGOSLAV AREA

Author(s): Vinko Pandurević
Subject(s): Developing nations, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Fakultet za poslovne studije i pravo
Keywords: Ethnicity; ethno-nationalization; ethnic homogenization; ethnic antagonisms; SFRY; state; nation

Summary/Abstract: The newly formed nation-states in the former Yugoslavia are an example of ethno-nationalized societies that emerged during the 1990s, as the final phase of the disintegration of SFR Yugoslavia. Ethno-national homogenization of societies was realized under the direction of dominant (ethno) nations, which considered the newly formed society as ‘property’. Ethnonationalization proved to be a crucial factor in creating ethnic antagonisms and disintegrating Yugoslav society. In this paper, the author presents the basic socio-historical assumptions of the emergence and disappearance (dying, extinction, breakdown / disintegration) of the Yugoslav state. Using a modern sociological conceptual and categorical apparatus in the field of political sociology and sociological studies of nationalism, the author presents the processes of ethno-nationalization, ethnic antagonisms and disintegration of a social order, as well as the basic characteristics and structure of ethno-nationalized society. The paper gives indications of possible ‘(de)ethno-nationalization’ and a brief overview of the relationship between cultural and civic nationalism.

  • Issue Year: 11/2021
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 74-85
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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