Original scientific paper

Can Bosnia do Without Herzegovina?

Mladen Ančić orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-3626 ; Department of History, University of Zadar

Abstract

The author discusses frequent practices of rendering the name of Bosnia and Herzegovina as ‘Bosnia’ as well as the uses of the term ‘Srpska’ in the public discourse. Leaving aside the cases of benign mental inertia, practices with certain political background are further analyzed. They are seen in the context of nationalist discourse and development of a ‘central narratives of national history’ for three Bosnian nations: Bosniak muslims, Croats and Serbs. The paper also sheds light on the shifting strategies of the nationalist elites and the way those strategies are materialized in the production of public discourse on the past

Keywords

Bosnia-Herzegovina; history; nationalism; public discourse

Hrčak ID:

154452

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154452

Publication date:

22.3.2016.

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