Slavenka Drakulic’s book‚ They Would Never Hurt a Fly‚ looks at people who commit crimes of extraordinary evil and if these people are ordinary everyday people or monsters. In our reading she looks at the Bosnian Genocide‚ specifically focusing on the case study of Goran Jelisic and a Bosnian Serb sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of over one hundred people in which only thirteen could be proven. Many of the descriptions of Jelisic show signs of what we have learned about perpetrators
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a) Georg Simmel describes the “blasé attitude” as being the constant stimulation and loss of stability that can result in a state in which one is no longer capable of reacting to the shock of new stimuli. This leads to the development of a cool and distant way of merely observing without expressing emotion. Adopting a blasé attitude compensates for the mind’s feeling of being overwhelmed‚ and allows the self to begin to build a new urbanized identity. You start to experience the same thing and everything
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Two bullets were fired on a Bosnian city street on a sunny June morning in 1914. The gun that fired these bullets will set in motion a series of events that shaped the world we live in today. World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Cold War all come from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The victims were the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife Sophie. They were returning from an official visit to City Hall. The assassin‚ 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was a
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loyalty to one’s own nation‚ with primary emphasis on furthering its interests as opposed to those of other countries. This feeling widely spread throughout Europe during the 19th and 10th centuries and caused many problems. The Slavic people of Bosnia and Herzegovina wanted to break away from Austria-Hungary and unify with other Slavic nations. Russia as a Slavic nation backed up the two countries in this matter‚ therefore causing tensions between Austria-Hungary and itself. Nationalism was also
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raised the possibility of general ware between powers In 1908 intellectuals and army officers in Macedonia revolted against the government of the Sultan Bulgaria declared itself independent under Tsar Ferdinand Austria Hungary formally annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina against interests of the Serbs Serbs became hostile to Austria-Hungary Russians became determined to avoid humiliation in the Balkans Russians embarked upon a program of rearmament Resolved that no Serbian appeal for aid go unheeded
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Joe Sacco ’s literary and artistic narrative‚ Safe Area Gorazde‚ effectively portrays the horrors and realities of the war that broke out in Eastern Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The book describes the author ’s experiences during four months spent in Bosnia between 1994 and 1995‚ and is based on conversations with Bosniaks trapped within the enclave of Gorazde. Considered as a graphic journalist‚ the author depicts the real nature of this atrocious war by alternating between his narrations‚ the interviews
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Albert Einstein said that unless we change our "modes of thinking" about political issues‚ we are headed toward "unparalleled catastrophe." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? I would have to say that such truer words have never been spoken before. If we as a global community continue to think in the same mindsets that we have in the past‚ then we will never be able to work together to accomplish goals such as eradication of diseases‚ homelessness‚ and other social problems. Not only
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Ferdinand‚ of Austria‚ this statement becomes a spurious claim. The trusting gesture of Franz to the people he would have soon ruled‚ soon became the death of him. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 Austria-Hungary had been given the right to administer Bosnia and Herzegovina on the western border of Serbia. Thousands of Slavs lived in that area‚ but in 1908‚ Austria-Hungary annexed these ideas outright‚ which infuriated the Serbs‚ who hoped to absorb all the Slavs into their nation. Serbia may have been
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nations to compromise on what they perceived as their national honor. This will also feed the ethnic tensions in the Balkans that will draw Austria and Russia into conflict. WW1 all started when Archduke F.F was assassinated by Gauriello Princip in Bosnia. After he dies there were major conflict between Austria and Siberia. Then when Austria declared war against Serbia the Russians mobilized because Serbia was allied with them and Germany allied with Austria so they get involved. They used their military
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The Balkans‚ a region between the Mediterranean and Black sea was and is inhabited by many nations with various religions. This fact resulted often in unrests. To make peace in this area‚ it was necessary to unite the nations and to place a strong personality on the head. The Second World War helped by a considerable measure to the choice of such a personality. I would like to concentrate my attention to the West Balkans where Yugoslavia might be an excellent example. It is a former federation
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