Godina izdanja: 2014.
Format - 16x22 cm
Povez - Tvrd
Pismo - Latinica
Izdavač: Beogradski forum za svet ravnopravnih
Autor: Mira Radojević, Ljubodrag Dimić
EAN: 9788637912774
The modest intention of the authors of this book was the desire to affirm the scientific results of Serbian historiography and fi t th into the existing scientific perception of historians in other cultures in order to draw attention to the nefarious impact of the political revision of history. They truly believe that only those knowledgeable about the truth of their own nation have a future. With this motivation, they present to the readers this short history of the Great War and Serbia&rsquos role in this global conflict.In commorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, humanity will, hopefully, “kneel down&rdquo to millions of victims of the largest war in the world history until that time. It is another matter whether, in what way and at which point in time, they will reflect upon the historical context in which these sacrifices were made! Historians focused on the subject matters of the 20th century will definitely have to do that. The more so, because most processes of long duration and a complex nature that have made the history of the 20th century, having an impact also on the world of today, originated from the Great War of 1914–1918. To reflect upon its causes and origins, inspirers and victims, numerous events and occurrences that turned the wheel of subsequent history means to critically re-examine, once again, the perception of this specific time of war. At the same time, to kneel down before millions of preserved historical sources and the historical heritage, consisting of dozens of thousands of books, means to offer an as reliable as possible interpretation of the past, while respecting the methods of historical science and the research sensibility of our times.Will the voice of historians be heard in public or will it be “silenced&rdquo by the political interests of power centres in changing the historiographic picture of the First World War? To which extent will it be possible for science to counter unscientific methods used to shape the consciousness of contporaries? Will the sounds of drums and trumpets, so characteristic of the start of war, disturb those who rest in peace or awaken the under standing of new generations? Will the victims of the great catastrophe be humiliated and killed once again?Modern history has for long been subject to revisionist trends influenced by politics and the need to cancel out, for its own purposes, the existing perception of the past. This has brought about a change of historical perspective based on the analysis of a narrowed number of historical sources and adaptation of conclusions, thus giving a radical twist to history studies of the past. The “tide&rdquo of revisionism is challenging the facts and, by extension, the past events, occurrences and processes as well. The at tack on the scientific method makes pointless the existence of “collective rbrance&rdquo, calling into question the purpose of historical science and nullifying the morality of historiography as a discipline. For the most part, this is the consequence of changes in politics and the society of the late twentieth century, which etched thselves deeply upon the refl ections on the previous times. The political need for changing the picture of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, a period characterized by war, is as apparent as it has been many times in the short episodes of bloodletting characterizing the century that is behind us. It is reflected in brutal historical revisionism, which does not follow scientific rules of study, but is dictated by politics. That was the order of the day whenever a new world order was established, denied or destroyed (1918, 1933, 1939, 1945, 1989...) and even today.The Serbian issue, understood as the need for liberating parts of the Serbian nation and their union with Serbia, was at the same time an important issue of Europe&rsquos history. The interests of the Great Powers bent on addressing international probls through deals within the existing “European syst&rdquo and the unwillingness of these Powers to support with approval and without suspicion the aspirations of small nations to gain their independence by self-reliance, clashed over the Serbian issue. Its solution required time and enormous national energy. It required cultural effort provoked political infighting and resistance on the part of outside forces gave rise to enthusiasm and disappointment involved and wasted a lot of otions, but at the same time offered an opportunity to perceive the international situation in a rational way and to assess the capacities of the state and the nation. The released energy offset the effects of the existence of great pires, thus making irrelevant “the rules&rdquo and “the syst&rdquo that they imposed on the Balkans.