Summary
Jasmin Mujanović: Bosniaks: a nation after the genocide
The book Bosniaks - a nation after the genocide is a comprehensive and instructive overview of the historical development and political duration of the Bosniak nation on the "historical Bosnian lands". The author, a Bosnian-American political scientist, proves that historical, cultural, political and physical attachment to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the only homeland, is the fundamental determinant of the Bosniak nation and that Islam is not the core of Bosniak national identity. Remembering the centuries-old experience of Bosnian political-state independence, vividly remembering the genocide in 1995, but also past episodes of violence, Bosniaks see their survival in an independent, sovereign and rationally organized Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although they are the majority in the homeland itself, they are still a vulnerable minority in the region, and therefore Bosniak national politics do not (necessarily) fight for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Bosniak national state, but it is more difficult to organize it according to the standards of Western liberal democracies. Only such a Bosnia and Herzegovina - in which the majority does not oppress, but is not oppressed either - will bring regional peace and prosperity to all citizens. After describing the historical path, political forces and the legacy of the genocide against the Bosniaks, Mujanović ultimately offers concrete and achievable political solutions - a constitutional assembly of citizens for the new Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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