Bosnia the Good

Rusmir Mahmutcehajic
Titel
Bosnia the Good
Subtitel
Tolerance and Tradition
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€ 129,00 excl. BTW
ISBN
9789639116863
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Hardback
Aantal pagina's
260
Taal
Engels
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15.9 x 23.4 cm
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PREFACE Introduction THE BOSNIAN PARADIGM Chapter One: ARHIPELAGO SUPERANUS Introduction Sovereignty Christianity Islam Serbhood Croathood Bosniac Identity Political Downslide Modernity and Beyond Tolerance and Tradition Chapter Two: KERNEL AND SHELL Introduction The Diversity of Religions Tradition Corruption Islam through Phenomenology The Science of Symbols Speech Into Script Chapter Three: DUALISM RESOLVED Introduction The Five Signs of Duality The Word and the Apple The Rose and the Vine The Staff and the Moon Sword and Web The Temple and Tomb The Face: Five Stages Heaven and Earth Sun and Moon Stars and Mountains Trees and Animals Submission and Freedom Chapter Four: THE CYCLE OF SLAUGHTER Introduction The Secret Letter Christ and Christology Parakletos The Transition Verticality and Horizontality ‘Heresy’ Opposition Splitting Changes Without an Answer The Hand Disappearance and Renewal Conditions Chapter Five: THE MASDJID Introduction High in Low Building and Razing The Stations of Wisdom Fear: Flight and Attack Love: Patience and Passion Knowledge: I and I Humanity and Perfection Chapter Six: GENOCIDE Introduction ‘The End of History’ ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ Elites Ideologies Organisations Perpetrators Toxic Reaction Crime and the Future EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES

Rusmir Mahmutcehajic

Bosnia the Good

Tolerance and Tradition

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Bosnia the Good is an indictment of the partition of Bosnia, formalized in 1995 by the Dayton Accord. This unequalled volume is a plea from one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's most prominent dissidents appealing for Bosnia's communities to reject ethnic segregation and restore mutual trust. The author argues for the history and reality of a Bosnia-Herzegovina based upon a model of 'unity in diversity'. He shows that ethnic and religious cultures co-existed in Bosnia for centuries and that Croatian and Serbian leaders determined to enact their own nationalist programs are to be blamed for the conflicts that devastated a nation. He points out the decisive moment when the international community accepted the Serb/Croat argument that ancient ethnic hatreds were endemic to Bosnia and that ethnic segregation became not only acceptable but desirable. He examines the reasons why Western liberal democracies have regarded with sympathy the struggles of Serbia and Croatia for national recognition, while viewing Bosnia's multicultural society with suspicion. Bosnia the Good confronts the religious dimension of the Bosnian dilemmas from the perspective of a Bosniak committed to inter-religious dialogue. The author argues that the only way Bosnia will reclaim its unique civilization is more than simple tolerance among Serbs, Croats and Bosnians. They have to recognize that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all share the same deity and it is this common transcendent perspective that should open the door to the acceptance and celebration of religious diversity. Bosnia is at present divided and shaken to its foundations, but the author argues it could become a model for European progress. The greatest danger is for Bosnia to be declared just another ethnoreligious entity, in this case a 'Muslim State' ghettoized inside Europe. If protected and allowed to develop however, the author explains how Bosnia could find a place in a new European order.
Auteur

Rusmir Mahmutcehajic

Rusmir Mahmutcehajic is professor at the University of Sarajevo and former Vice Premier of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991/1992