CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Falina, Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | Pyrrhic Victory: East Orthodox Christianity, Politics and Serbian Nationalsim in the Interwar Period |
| Summary | The dissertation analyzes the position and political agenda of the Serbian Orthodox Church in interwar Yugoslavia. The primary aim of the project is to demonstrate how the fusion and the idea of fusion between Serbian nationalism and East Orthodox Christianity were forged and evolved in the interwar period. The dissertation, thus, problematizes the bond between religious and national identities, which seems to be taken for granted in the academia and by the general public. The temporal focus is on the two interwar decades, as it was precisely in this period that the formulation and justification of the blurring of religious and national identities gained most strength. The thesis argues that the context of the interwar Yugoslav and broadly speaking European political life was of great significance for the development of the Serbian Orthodox political project. The Church, essentially, reacted to contemporary challenges posed by political modernity that included, but were not limited to, the existence of multinational and multi-religious Yugoslav state, ideology of Yugoslavism, fear of secularization, the rise of communism and fascism. The work aims at describing the Serbian phenomena in a manner that makes it comprehensible and comparable to other European cases, in the region and beyond. Along these lines, the concept ‘Politic al Orthodoxi sm’ initially coined for the Romanian context is applied creatively to the Serbian case. The interaction of nationalism and religion are analyzed with the emphasis on ideas and ideologies through the close reading of public discourses and narratives. At the same time, attention is paid to the individual actors, their personal histories and agendas. |
| Supervisor | Balázs Trencsényi |
| Department | History PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/hphfam01.pdf |
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