![Book cover Book cover](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/9789639776159-M.jpg)
Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2008
- Locale
- Serbia
- Contents
-
Introduction
Materials used in this study
The life of Nikolaj Velimirović and his changing public image, 1945-2003
Denigration and marginalization : Velimirović's status in post-war Yugoslavia
Apotheosis and widespread admiration : Velimirović's status today
Collective remembering and collective forgetting : memory of Nikolaj Velimirović and the repression of controversy
The discursive dynamic of social forgetting : repression as replacement
Velimirović in Dachau : "martyrdom" as a replacement myth
The martyrdom myth in context : the narrative of Velimirović's suffering and the rise Serbian nationalism
Remembering in order to forget : the martyrdom myth and repression
The dynamic of everyday forgetting : continuity and the "routinization" of repression
From repression to denial : responses of the Serbian Orthodox Church to accusations of antisemitism
Discourse, moral accountability, and the denial of prejudice
"Serbs have never hated the Jews" : literal denial of antisemitism
"Parrots," "idiots," and "the mummies of reason" : denial and offensive rhetoric
Comparing Serbs and Croats and the rhetoric of "competitive martyrdom" : comparative denial of antisemitism
National self-glorification in a historical context
Denial of antisemitism and the distancing from "extremism"
"We are not antisemites, but
" : denial and the rhetoric of disclaimers
"He was merely quoting the Bible!" : denial of Velimirović's antisemitism
Rising above the criticisms : refusal to engage in controversy as a form of denial
"Tiny mosquitoes" and the mighty "eagle" : who has the right to remember Nikolaj Velimirović?
The letter from "a Jewish woman" : Bishop Nikolaj as the savior of Jews
The two kinds of antisemitism : the rhetoric of interpretative denial
Repeating the word of God : authority of the Gospels and the reification of antisemitic discourse
"Then we are all antisemites!" : "anti-Judaism" and Orthodox Christian identity
Questionable boundaries between anti-Judaism and antisemitism
Deicidal justification of Jewish suffering : the Holocaust as divine retribution
Antisemitism as prophecy : social construction of Velimirović's sanctity
The first stage of the campaign for canonization : the making of a religious "cult"
Canonization in the Orthodox Church and the need for divine confirmation of sanctity
Finding the "right" miracle : incorruptibility of remains and miraculous icons
The bishop who came "face to face with the living God" : Velimirović and the miracle of epiphany
Velimirović as a "prophet" : the construction of the "Serbian Jeremiah". - Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index.
Introduction -- Materials used in this study -- The life of Nikolaj Velimirović and his changing public image, 1945-2003 -- Denigration and marginalization : Velimirović's status in post-war Yugoslavia -- Apotheosis and widespread admiration : Velimirović's status today -- Collective remembering and collective forgetting : memory of Nikolaj Velimirović and the repression of controversy -- The discursive dynamic of social forgetting : repression as replacement -- Velimirović in Dachau : "martyrdom" as a replacement myth -- The martyrdom myth in context : the narrative of Velimirović's suffering and the rise Serbian nationalism -- Remembering in order to forget : the martyrdom myth and repression -- The dynamic of everyday forgetting : continuity and the "routinization" of repression -- From repression to denial : responses of the Serbian Orthodox Church to accusations of antisemitism -- Discourse, moral accountability, and the denial of prejudice -- "Serbs have never hated the Jews" : literal denial of antisemitism -- "Parrots," "idiots," and "the mummies of reason" : denial and offensive rhetoric -- Comparing Serbs and Croats and the rhetoric of "competitive martyrdom" : comparative denial of antisemitism -- National self-glorification in a historical context -- Denial of antisemitism and the distancing from "extremism" -- "We are not antisemites, but-- " : denial and the rhetoric of disclaimers -- "He was merely quoting the Bible!" : denial of Velimirović's antisemitism -- Rising above the criticisms : refusal to engage in controversy as a form of denial -- "Tiny mosquitoes" and the mighty "eagle" : who has the right to remember Nikolaj Velimirović? -- The letter from "a Jewish woman" : Bishop Nikolaj as the savior of Jews -- The two kinds of antisemitism : the rhetoric of interpretative denial -- Repeating the word of God : authority of the Gospels and the reification of antisemitic discourse -- "Then we are all antisemites!" : "anti-Judaism" and Orthodox Christian identity -- Questionable boundaries between anti-Judaism and antisemitism -- Deicidal justification of Jewish suffering : the Holocaust as divine retribution -- Antisemitism as prophecy : social construction of Velimirović's sanctity -- The first stage of the campaign for canonization : the making of a religious "cult" -- Canonization in the Orthodox Church and the need for divine confirmation of sanctity -- Finding the "right" miracle : incorruptibility of remains and miraculous icons -- The bishop who came "face to face with the living God" : Velimirović and the miracle of epiphany -- Velimirović as a "prophet" : the construction of the "Serbian Jeremiah".
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- External Link
-
Electronic version(s) available. Hosted by ProQuest
- ISBN
- 9789639776159
9639776157 - Additional Form
-
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- vii, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-21 20:53:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib147114
Additional Resources
Librarian ViewDownload & Licensing
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
- Check Nearby Libraries
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD