Can Bosnia do Without Herzegovina?
Can Bosnia do Without Herzegovina?
Author(s): Mladen AnčićSubject(s): Governance, Political history, Nationalism Studies, 19th Century, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Croatian Studies Centre
Keywords: Bosnia-Herzegovina; history; nationalism; public discourse;
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses frequent practices of rendering the name of Bosnia and Herzegovina as ‘Bosnia’ as well as the uses of the term ‘Srpska’ in the public discourse. Leaving aside the cases of benign mental inertia, practices with certain political background are further analyzed. They are seen in the context of nationalist discourse and development of a ‘central narratives of national history’ for three Bosnian nations: Bosniakmuslims, Croats and Serbs. The paper also sheds light on the shifting strategies of the nationalist elites and the way those strategies are materialized in the production of public discourse on the past.
Journal: Croatian Studies Review - Časopis hrvatskih studija
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 13-80
- Page Count: 68
- Language: English