Bosna, kraj stoljeća
The work is simultaneously a political, cultural and identity reflection on Bosnia at the turn of the century.
Lovrenović views Bosnia as a complex and multi-layered community in which different religions, cultures and identities (Catholic, Orthodox, Islamic, Jewish) have met for centuries. He emphasizes that Bosnia's uniqueness lies precisely in this plurality and intertwining, but he shows how the national ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries gradually destroyed the traditional model of coexistence. The central theme of the book is the disintegration of Bosnia's political and cultural unity during the war. The author critically analyzes the nationalisms of the three sides (Bosniak, Serbian and Croatian), emphasizing how ethnic divisions led to violence, persecution and the destruction of a common cultural space. He particularly focuses on the position of Bosnian Croats, their torn between Croatian national politics and Bosnian reality. Lovrenović also problematizes the issue of identity – what it means to be Bosnian in a time when identity is reduced to ethnicity. He advocates the idea of Bosnia as a political and cultural community of all its peoples, opposing exclusive national projects.
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