Balkans neo-racism - Lupus in fabula Cover Image

Balkanski neorasizam – Lupus in fabula
Balkans neo-racism - Lupus in fabula

Author(s): Rifat Hadžiselimović
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Studies in violence and power, Nationalism Studies, History of Antisemitism, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: neo-racist ideologies; nationalism; fascism; antisemitism; Balkan; bio-diversity; racism;

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 20th century, public awareness about scientific arguments that preclude the genetic differentiation of the so far widely accepted description of “races” in most social communities has grown. Instead, neo-racist ideologists with different backgrounds rely on pseudoscientific premises about intrinsic and undefeatable cultural differences between populations. They initiate the belief that Western culture is superior to all other cultural models and establish a platform for justifying the many forms of anti- Semitism, nationalism and xenophobia. In the Balkans, this phenomenon has been particularly intensified in the preparation of the series of wars and continues to nowdays. In the countries with the glorification of single leader and strengthened militarization, differences between racism, nationalism and fascism have been lost (in the sense of their standard definitions).

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 84-104
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bosnian