Sarajevo Essays : Politics, Ideology, and Tradition

by Mahmutcehajic, Rusmir

• ISBN13: 9780791456378
• ISBN10: 0791456374
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

One of Bosnia's leading intellectuals explains the Bosnian experience by critiquing the politics and ideology that brought about the great destruction -- both material and spiritual -- of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These incisive and theologically profound essays address the confrontation between the West and Islam as the author explores the realm of humanity's long-standing search for the roots of evil in the dual nature of mankind to gain insight into ways of achieving peace. By drawing on the Bosnian situation, the author explores questions of identity and otherness, knowledge and transcendence, authority and authoritarianism, and tradition and fundamentalism, and he argues for a reconciliation between modernity and tradition for the benefit of modern coexistence, not just in his native land but throughout the world.

Author Biography

Rusmir Mahmutcehajic is Professor at Sarajevo University

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Question	1	(26)
Tolerance, Ideology, and Tradition	27	(16)
Ignorance	43	(20)
Paradigm	63	(20)
Europe's ``Others''	83	(16)
The Extremes	99	(18)
In Bosnia or Against It?	117	(16)
On the Self	133	(16)
Whence and Whither?	149	(20)
The Decline of Modernity	169	(20)
Changing the State of Knowledge	189	(16)
At the Turn of the Millennium	205	(26)
Afterword	231	(6)
Notes	237	(30)
Bibliography	267	(8)
Index of Names and Terms	275	(12)
By the Same Author	287