Summary
Nenad Kecmanović: Anatomy of a dark vilayet: Bosnia - truths and lies
Almost three decades have passed since Nenad Kecmanović's book "The Impossible State" appeared, first in Banja Luka, and then in the same year (2007) in Belgrade. This book, which was criticized by many for its negative title, and the author was accused of a primordial hostile attitude towards the statehood of Bosnia (and Herzegovina), has become, in the meantime, the most reliable introduction for anyone who wants to know the essence of the Transdrin (in)equation. Guided by his scientific vocation and human closeness to the subject of Bosnia, a respected political scientist, but also a prominent participant in political life before and at the beginning of the exciting nineties, and above all a native of Sarajevo, Nenad Kecmanović continued to follow and analyze the phenomenology of social and political events in BiH, working on more extensive studies, but also regularly, as a well-read columnist, announcing himself with short, concise comments in the media. His persuasively and wittily communicated pregnant assessments and predictions were eagerly awaited, because the reality he painted and interpreted was (and remains) complex, burdened with hard-to-transparent hypocrisy and veils of ideological lies, so that the uninformed and interested needed a sure signpost and guide.
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