1st Edition
Denial and Repression of Anti-Semitism Post-Communist Rehabilitation of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic
By Jovan Byford
Copyright 2008
288 Pages
by
Central European University Press
288 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic (1881–1956) is arguably one the most controversial figures in contemporary Serbian national culture. Having been vilified by the former Yugoslav Communist authorities as a fascist and an antisemite, this Orthodox Christian thinker has over the past two decades come to be regarded in Serbian society as the most important religious person since medieval times and an... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction Materials Used In The Study, Chapter Two: The Disputed Biography Of Nikolaj Velimirovic And His Changing Public Image 1945-2003, Chapter Three: Collective Remembering And Collective Forgetting: Memory Of Nikolaj Velimirovic And The Repression Of Controversy, Chapter Four: From Repression To Denial: Responses Of The Serbian Orthodox Church To Accusations Of Antisemitism, Chapter Five: ‘He Was Merely Quoting The Bible!’: The Denial Of Velimirovic’s Antisemitism Rising Above The Criticisms. Chapter Six: Antisemitism As Prophecy, Chapter Seven Conclusion References
Biography
Jovan Byford is Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, UK.
