ЕТНИЧКА МРЖЊА У СРБА KAO ПРОПАГАНДНИ МИТ
SERBIAN ETHNIC HATRED AS THE PROPAGANDA MYTH

Summary/Abstract: The stereotypical image of Serbs as the main protagonists of inter-ethnic hatred and violence in Balcan has been critically reinterpreted. The origins, dissemination and psychological functions of the myth about Serbian ethnic hatred, as immanent feature of their "national character", were analyzed in the context of social and political events and interethnic relations in the former Yugoslavia. Derived from objective intergroup situation, this image has become important inherent part of that situation in the last fifty years, as well. It was used for propaganda purposes, as a mean for "ideologization" (that is, prejudiced interpretation and justification) of political actions committed by various ethnic groups and nationalities for the purpose of fulfillment of their competitive interests. In that way, it has significantly influenced the course of political processes and relations in this region, as well as the very destiny of Serbian people (and the state). This image was verified and reinterpreted in the light of comparative research data relating ethnic distance, stereotypes and exclusive nationalism in the former and contemporary Yugoslavia.

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