| No 8
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Nationalism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Feminism in Eastern Europe |
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Publication (Journal) |
New German Critique 57 (fall 1992): 51-65 |
| Published in |
USA, 1992 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
The emergence of nationalism, anti-Semitism, and antifeminism as a consequence of the dissolution of communist ideology in Eastern Europe is examined, showing that Serbian authoritarian populism has engendered a mythology about the struggle against external and internal enemies. Drawing on psychoanalysis, it is contended that Serbians fantasize about Albanians as evil incarnate, bureaucrats as effeminate traitors, and Croats as the heirs of Nazi repression. It is noted that the mythology of Serbian populism invokes the heroic deed through the enactment of certain symbolic rituals, and that Serbian populism has succeeded in uniting two seemingly disparate elements; neo-Stalinist party politics and the concept of civil society. |
| Discipline(s) |
political sociology
, anthropology
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