Intellectuals as Bad Guys
Intellectuals as Bad Guys
Author(s): Slavenka DrakulićSubject(s): Political history, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Radovan Karadzic; Edward Limonov; Slobodan Praljak; war criminals; poets; intellectuals; International Court in the Hague; wars in Croatia and Bosnia;
Summary/Abstract: Radovan Karadzic is a notorious war criminal, wanted by the International Court in the Hague. But he is also a psychiatrist and a poet. The world often wonders how it is possible that a poet could turn into a war criminal. This is somehow understandable for a psychiatrist, as it is for a baker, a doctor or a carpenter-but a poet? Edward Limonov is less known than Karadzic, but he also became notorious when he machine-gunned Sarajevo from the hill above the city and drew the attention of the world media. Needless to say, he is also a poet. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 13/1999
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 271-277
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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