Knowledge or intent: Contemporary world historiography on Serbs in 19th century

Abstract

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the destruction of Yugoslavia brought about a complete change of the political and social context in Europe and in the world. Consequently, history, as a scholarly discipline, was also significantly transformed. In this wider context, the interpretations of the Serbian 19th century experienced far-reaching revision. Thus, it is necessary to scrutinize the main topics of the debate on 19th century Serbian history in the contemporary world historiography, as well as to examine the main causes of this academic revision.

Keywords

• world historiography
• 19th century
• Serbs
• the Balkans
• Yugoslavia
• modernization
• radicalism