Ottoman heritage in Macedonia: an advantage or a handicap? Cover Image

Османлиското наследство во Република Македонија: предност или хендикеп?
Ottoman heritage in Macedonia: an advantage or a handicap?

Author(s): Dragi Gjorgiev
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Intraculturality; Islam; Orthodoxy; Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: The ethno-centric study of the Ottoman past after the establishment of the national Christian countries on the Balkan, causes many negative stereotypes. Today the cultural and historical heritage from that period is still followed with the negative perception which ­affects the every-day life of the people living on the Balkan. The cause of this texts is through few examples of the Ottoman heritage in Republic of Macedonia, which is one of the most ­significant segments of the multiculturalism in this country, to show that for the Macedonian state the Ottoman heritage still represents a serious disability, which can not be absorbed and integrated in the contemporary Macedonian society.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 191-204
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Macedonian
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