The Bridge Betrayed

The Bridge Betrayed

The Bridge Betrayed reveals the crucial role of the religious mythology of Kosovo in the destruction of Yugoslavia and the genocide in Bosnia. A new preface discusses the deepening crisis in Kosovo - the epicenter of that mythology.

Author: Michael A. Sells

Publisher: Univ of California Press

ISBN: 9780520216624

Category: History

Page: 268

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The Bridge Betrayed reveals the crucial role of the religious mythology of Kosovo in the destruction of Yugoslavia and the genocide in Bosnia. A new preface discusses the deepening crisis in Kosovo - the epicenter of that mythology.
Categories: History

Gender Nation and Women Politicians in Serbia and Kosovo

Gender  Nation and Women Politicians in Serbia and Kosovo

... NH: Brandeis/Historical Society of Israel. Smith, A.D., 1991. National Identity. London: Penguin. Tetreault, M.A., 1998. Review of The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia. International Journal of Middle East Studies, ...

Author: Gordana Subotić

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781000566130

Category: Social Science

Page: 192

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This book examines the ways women politicians in Serbia and Kosovo have imagined, constructed, and politicised national identity and gender while engaging with politics in the context of the democratisation process. The first book to focus on the work of women inside political structures, it draws on participant observation and interview material to answer the question of how women in positions of power and influence deal with their national identity and gender in societies deeply divided along ethnic lines. Based on close studies of the work of a small number of women from different ethnic backgrounds, the author offers comparative analyses of the ways in which women politicians of different ethnicities respond to similar events in their everyday work. An original political ethnography that considers engagement of women in formal politics, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in political structures and political participation, particularly as these relate to questions of gender, nation and ethnicity.
Categories: Social Science

Analyses and Perspectives on a Complex Interplay

Analyses and Perspectives on a Complex Interplay

Sells, Michael A. (1996): The bridge betrayed. Religion and genocide in Bosnia / Michael A. Sells. Berkeley, London: University of California Press (Comparative studies in religion and society, 11). Sen, Faruk (1997): Türkische Muslime ...

Author: Rupert Strachwitz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

ISBN: 9783110645880

Category: Political Science

Page: 406

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The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in two volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. I provides an introduction and looks at cases in Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as chapters on legal issues and data, and comprehensive bibliography.
Categories: Political Science

Antagonistic Tolerance

Antagonistic Tolerance

Sells, Michael Anthony (1996) The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia. Comparative Studies in Religion and Society. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Sewell, William H. (1997) “Geertz, Cultural Systems, ...

Author: Robert M. Hayden

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317281917

Category: Social Science

Page: 204

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Antagonistic Tolerance examines patterns of coexistence and conflict amongst members of different religious communities, using multidisciplinary research to analyze groups who have peacefully intermingled for generations, and who may have developed aspects of syncretism in their religious practices, and yet have turned violently on each other. Such communities define themselves as separate peoples, with different and often competing interests, yet their interaction is usually peaceable provided the dominance of one group is clear. The key indicator of dominance is control over central religious sites, which may be tacitly shared for long periods, but later contested and even converted as dominance changes. By focusing on these shared and contested sites, this volume allows for a wider understanding of relations between these communities. Using a range of ethnographic, historical and archaeological data from the Balkans, India, Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Turkey, Antagonistic Tolerance develops a comparative model of the competitive sharing and transformation of religious sites. These studies are not considered as isolated cases, but are instead woven into a unified analytical framework which explains how long-term peaceful interactions between religious communities can turn conflictual and even result in ethnic cleansing.
Categories: Social Science

Central and South Eastern Europe 2004

Central and South Eastern Europe 2004

Izetbegović , A. Izetbegović of Bosnia and Herzegovina : Notes from Prison , 1983-1988 . ... Sells , M. The Bridge Betrayed : Religion and Genocide in Bosnia ( Comparative Studies in Religion and Society , Vol . 11 ) .

Author: Europa Europa Publications

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 1857431863

Category: Balkan Peninsula

Page: 844

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An in-depth survey of the region presenting the latest economic and political developments. It includes expert comment on issues of regional importance, up-to-date statistics, a directory of institutes and companies and political profiles.
Categories: Balkan Peninsula

Russia and Eastern Europe

Russia and Eastern Europe

Religion 1640. Sells , Michael A. The Bridge Betrayed : Religion and Genocide in Bosnia , xv , 244p .: illus . , maps . Comparative Studies in Religion and Society , 11. Berkeley : University of California Press , 1996.

Author: Helen F. Sullivan

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

ISBN: 1563087367

Category: Europe, Eastern

Page: 560

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In the early 1990s the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the dissolution of the Soviet Union opened Eastern Europe, Russia, and the newly independent states of the former U.S.S.R. to the West. To meet the demand of rising interest, many new English-language publications about this part of the world have appeared over the last decade. This single volume takes a select portion of recent publications and provides useful descriptions and bibliographic information for historians, scholars, researchers, and students. Titles deal with Russia, the independent states from the former Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the states of the former Yugoslavia. Timely and important topics span politics, society, and culture, from the Holocaust to the transition from socialist to market economies and the civil war in the former Yugoslavia.
Categories: Europe, Eastern

Central and South Eastern Europe 2003

Central and South Eastern Europe 2003

Moody , C. J. Cast Down the Waters : A Bosnia in Flames . ... O'Ballance , E. Civil War in Bosnia , 1992–94 . ... Sells , M. The Bridge Betrayed : Religion and Genocide in Bosnia ( Comparative Studies in Religion and Society , Vol .

Author: Imogen Bell

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 1857431367

Category: Balkan Peninsula

Page: 816

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An in-depth survey of the region presenting the latest economic and political developments. It includes expert comment on issues of regional importance, up-to-date statistics, a directory of institutes and companies and political profiles.
Categories: Balkan Peninsula

Theology Between the East and West A Radical Legacy

Theology Between the East and West  A Radical Legacy

So, for instance, Michael Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia, Comparative studies in Religion and Society 11 (Berkeley, 1998). 19. See Miroslva Volf, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, ...

Author: Frank D. Macchia

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

ISBN: 9781592440870

Category: Religion

Page: 466

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Categories: Religion

Forgiveness Reconciliation

Forgiveness   Reconciliation

16 Religions contribute to violence between parties in conflict in two main ways: (1) by assuring the combatants of ... Michael Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia, Comparative Studies in Religion and Society 11 ...

Author: Raymond G. Helmick

Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press

ISBN: 9781890151843

Category: Philosophy

Page: 480

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Essays by twenty-one renowned contributors from the field of conflict resolution.
Categories: Philosophy

The New Cold War Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State

The New Cold War  Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State

Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Mark Juergensmeyer, editor 1. ... by Bassam Tibi Levelling Crowds: Ethno-nationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia, by Stanley J. Tambiah The Bridge Betrayed. Religion and ...

Author: Mark Juergensmeyer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

ISBN: 9780520086517

Category: Religion

Page: 306

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This study paints a provocative picture of the new religious revolutionaries altering the political landscape of the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The author asks whether religious confrontations with secular authorities will lead to a new Cold War.
Categories: Religion