“Wild nationalism” replacing communism in Serbia

Director Zelimir Zilnik says that Serbia is experiencing “wild nationalism,” which is replacing communism. Zilnik said at a book promotion that “on every corner today we see greater Catholics than the Pope and greater Orthodox believers than the Patriarch.” “Wild nationalism” replacing communism in Serbia “Here, everything that is well packaged ideologically is a belief – a belief at the price of destruction,” Zilnik said. He said that the situation was not much better in other former communist countries, adding that there was at least a national consensus in the majority on wanting to join the EU. “We don’t even have that here. We don’t know whether we should turn towards the EU, Russia, China or India,” Zilnik said. Anthropologist Ivan Colovic said that even today it was hard to be a teacher in Serbia. “Education here is still in the shadow of nationalism and romanticism,” he said. Author Miklos Biro said that Serbia needed to continually teach democracy, and moreover do so from a “very young age.” He said that Serbia was made up of 25 percent hardcore nationalists and 25 percent of people who did not need to have democracy explained to them, while the remainder were confused and could be explained the real values of democracy.

“Wild nationalism” replacing communism in Serbia

“Here, everything that is well packaged ideologically is a belief – a belief at the price of destruction,” Žilnik said.

He said that the situation was not much better in other former communist countries, adding that there was at least a national consensus in the majority on wanting to join the EU.

“We don’t even have that here. We don’t know whether we should turn towards the EU, Russia, China or India,” Žilnik said.

Anthropologist Ivan Čolović said that even today it was hard to be a teacher in Serbia.

“Education here is still in the shadow of nationalism and romanticism,” he said.

Author Mikloš Biro said that Serbia needed to continually teach democracy, and moreover do so from a “very young age.”

He said that Serbia was made up of 25 percent hardcore nationalists and 25 percent of people who did not need to have democracy explained to them, while the remainder were confused and could be explained the real values of democracy.