Review article
PREJUDICES AND WAR CRIMES - THE RULE OF SPIRITUAL EMPIRE OF EVIL
Fahrudin Novalić
; Zagreb
Abstract
The author examines prejudices as one of the basic pre-suppositions for the emergence of war crimes. Individual and social prejudices are also determined by the prejudices of power of political, economic, military, technological, cultural, in media terms and other elites, and vice versa; which has as its consequence the war and war crimes. Ethnic and religious prejudices together with the military nationalism and fanatic and instrumentalised religion, with a trust in infallible leaders and their genocidal programmes have for the consequence sadism and necrophilia as malign forms of aggression. It is about the rule of spiritual empire of evil. With tested means and methods political and entire ideological propaganda and manipulation prepare a man as a part of the mythologized and alienated ethnic collectivity for the execution of a crime. One paradox of a modern humanity, and so of the region we live in, is the fact that we know about our nearest neighbours and their culture less and more superficially than about those who live far away from us. More less, or in no way, do we understand the meaning and significance of these cultures. Therefore, the knowledge of these cultures and their subjects, tolerance, mutual respect and understanding of the Other and the Different, undiscriminated like a partner communication, continual and persistent building of trust - are tested and required ways of overcoming prejudices, twisted power, war crimes, crime and violence in general.
Keywords
militant nationalism; prejudices; war; war crimes; tolerance
Hrčak ID:
35328
URI
Publication date:
15.3.2004.
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