Politika sećanja i identiteta: Simbolička upotreba „lika i dela“ Gavrila Pirincipa u političkim narativima na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije
Politics of Remembrance and Identity: Symbolic Use of „Image and Works“ of Gavrilo Princip in the Political Narratives in the Territories of Former Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: During last decades, especially in the post- „Cold War“ era, social remembrance became an important field of study, particularly for sociology and anthropology. The author researches the use of „image and works“ of Gavrilo Princip in the political narratives in the territories of Former Yugoslavia over the last hundred years. His analysis stresses the impact of the change of social and political context as key for (re)defining and use of symbolic motif of Gavrilo Princip. The author highlights the fact that not only the remembrance of Gavrilo Princip in the Balkans has changed over the last hundred years, but his deeds have also been defined differently in different epochs, territories and ideologies, depending on the changes of the social context. Furthermore, the author concludes that society changed Princip’s identity from liberator to terrorist, from victim to murderer, from freedom fighter to henchmen over the last century. More significantly, such defining of Princip’s identity did not merely fit in with the current dominant ideology- often it has been used in either positive or negative context as a reflection of wider pro- or anti- Serbian, pro- or anti- European/ Austrian, Great Serbian or Yugoslav propaganda.

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