Мирослав Јовановић – историчар садашњости
Miroslav Jovanovic – Historian of Contemporaneity

Summary/Abstract: Miroslav Jovanović was rare figure among Serbian historians. This text is an analysis of his essay “Serbia 1804-2004. Development marked with discontinuities (seven thesis)”, published in the book that he had edited Serbia 1804-2004, Three perspectives or invitation to a dialogue. The book was the result of our work on the project Modern Serbian State 1804- 2004. A Chronology which was published for the jubilee of the First Serbian uprising. Working on that book we were discussing the most important phenomena of Serbian modern history and it was Jovanović s idea to publish the book of historical essays dealing with processes of long duree in Serbian past. His essay is the best example of his methodology which was the result of combined quantative method and theoretical approach. His knowledge of statistics, demography and economy were rare among Serbian historian and had helped him to come to the deeper conclusions. Those methodologies were in his work applied on long processes which helped him to focus on specific continuities and discontinuities in history.

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