Islam and Bosnia re-examines the conflict of the 1990s from the perspectives of international relations, conflict resolution, and history as well as psychology, anthropology, and cultural studies. Rejecting the primordialist, or "ancient hatreds," interpretation as the root of the conflict, the authors detail how a complex cultural transformation led to the erosion of what had been the common inclusionist base of a multi-ethnic state and brought about a new exclusionist nationalism. By pulling together the individual elements of culture, society, and foreign policy and analysing their...
Islam and Bosnia re-examines the conflict of the 1990s from the perspectives of international relations, conflict resolution, and history as well as p...
The movement of nation building in Islamic societies away from the secular models of the early 20th century was accompanied by growing antagonism between the Muslim majority and religious minorities. This title offers a comparative analysis of how these minorities developed their own distinctive identities within the modern Islamic nation-state.
The movement of nation building in Islamic societies away from the secular models of the early 20th century was accompanied by growing antagonism betw...