POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kosovo Serbs, Lazar Of Serbia, Kosovo Myth
Document Summary
Looking how we analyze comparative politics: rational choice is the dominant approach. Sfr yugoslavia: the ideas of nacija and narod are important in former yugoslavia, why, 1974 yugoslav constitution. The kosovo myth: june 15, 1389: battle of kosovo polje. Kosovo myth is full of religious imagery: prince lazar as christ and vuk brankovic as judah. Back to kosovo: for serbs, kosovo is the cradle of serbian civilization and the home of the orthodox church. Patriarchate of pec: albanians view themselves as descendants of the illyrians, an dthus the native" inhabitants of kosovo. Kosovo is the heart of serbia/ serbia is kosovo. Identity and religion: religion is salient to ethnicity if it is used by the in-group to set itself apart from others. Because of nationalism; they were able to separate into three different languages and id"s : religion is part of ones cultural id, whether or not you are actually a believer.
