Postosmanski orijent: Od fragmentacije do asabijaha s osvrtom na Arapsko-Izraelski sukob
Post-Ottoman Orient: from Fragmentation to Asabiyyah with Reference to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Summary/Abstract: World War I brought profound changes into the parts of the Middle East which had been under the Ottoman Empire since 1517. The topic of this article is one of the most important changes which occurred in that part of the world during the century since the Great War began, which is the fragmentation of political, ideological, military and religious protagonists within the Arab society. That fragmentation has been a product of an expanding national, ideological and sectarian division, which was partly caused by the Arab-Israeli conflict. The article addresses some processes caused by plurality of the Arab political and military actors, in particular those rooted in Islamism. Through patterns of political behavior stipulated by religion within parts of the Arab Muslim community, the author offers explanation of possible future development not only in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but also in a wider Middle Eastern context, particularly regarding the development of the Islamic State, ambition to reestablish the Caliphate, and the eschatological vision of reuniting the world of Islam through reintroducing the long defunct concept of asabiyyah.

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