The Oblivion/Omission as a Strategy of Creation of Serbs’ and Montenegrins’ National Cultures (Casus of Saint Sava) Cover Image

Zapomnienie/przemilczenie jako strategia kreowania narodowych kultur Serbów i Czarnogórców (casus św. Savy)
The Oblivion/Omission as a Strategy of Creation of Serbs’ and Montenegrins’ National Cultures (Casus of Saint Sava)

Author(s): Dorota Gil
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social differentiation, Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: oblivion; omission; Serbian and Montenegrin culture; saint Sava

Summary/Abstract: The strategy of oblivion or omission of significant events and public figures has constituted differentia specifica of the processes occurring in Serbo-Montenegrin cultural sphere during the last twenty years. The article discusses, among other things, the most striking example of this strategy as exemplified by the symbolic figure – Saint Sava. The politicised efforts around oblivion/omission vs. fabulation of some untrue events from the saint’s life, undertaken by both Serb and Montenegrin intellectuals, result in a number of manipulative actions in the factual sphere and fit into consciously projected cultural politics of both nations.

  • Issue Year: 18/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-94
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish