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Prilozi 43 2014 Eng.Indd %RMDQ$OHNVRYForgotten Yugoslavism and anti-clericalism of Young Bosnians Prilozi • Contributions, 43, Sarajevo, 2014, 79-87 UDK 329.78(497.15)"1906/1914" )25*277(1<8*26/$9,60$1'$17,&/(5,&$/,60 2)<281*%261,$16 %RMDQ$OHNVRY 8&/6FKRRORI6ODYRQLFDQG(DVW(XURSHDQ6WXGLHV/RQGRQ Abstract: Worldviews and political ambitions of Young Bosnians were a far cry from later and contemporary emanations of Serbian nationalism, as evident in the- ir Yugoslavism and staunch anti-clericalism. They should neither be praised for what they did nor blamed for what happened later. Their act can be understood and interpreted only in its own historical context, which opens new avenues for resear- ch away from false analogies and political abuses. 7KHUHLVDQROGQREOHFXVWRPSUDFWLVHGLQWKH8QLWHG.LQJGRPZKHUHE\DFDGHP- LFV DQGRWKHUV GHFODUHDQLQWHUHVWZKHQGLVFXVVLQJPDWWHUVSHUVRQVWRZKLFKWKH\ might have a relation. 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Six Sideways Reflections1HZ<RUN3LFDGRU 5$QRQ\PRXV0HPRUDQGXPPXVOLPDQDL]%RVQHL+HUFHJRYLQHSUHGDQ2VPDQOLMVNRP3DU- ODPHQWXPMHVHFDIHEUXDUD JRGX&DULJUDGX&DULJUDGQS &LWHGLQ<RUN 80 %RMDQ$OHNVRYForgotten Yugoslavism and anti-clericalism of Young Bosnians Prilozi • Contributions, 43, Sarajevo, 2014, 79-87 My modest concern here is only to rescue one aspect of the event from manipu- ODWLRQQDPHO\WKHDJHQF\RI<RXQJ%RVQLDQV)LUVWRIDOOUHFHQWUHYLVLWLQJRI6DUD- jevo assassination is unashamedly approached from above.6 The most talked about recent portrayal of the major players of the period for example, that of Christopher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üLQ7KHFLUFXPVWDQFHVRIWKLVEUXWDOPXUGHU ZHUHLPPHGLDWHO\ZLGHO\NQRZQDQGDQDO\VHGEXWQRWWRLPSO\VRPHEDUEDULW\WRWKH assassins but racist and orientalist stereotypes and discourse in its descriptions like that of the New York Times, published on 24th of June 1903.7 Same could be said for &ODUN¶VDFFRXQWRIWKLVPXUGHUZKLFKFURZQVDZHDOWKRIUHGXQGDQWGHWDLODERXW6HU- ELDQDQG%DONDQSROLWLFVLQDFKDLQRIGLVSDUDWHHSLVRGHVRIXQUHODWHGDQGRIWHQJUXH- VRPHYLROHQFHWKDWLVRYHUZKHOPLQJLUUHOHYDQWDQGVHUYHVWRUHLQIRUFHQHJDWLYHDQG stereotypical conceptions of the region that have long been disproved by scholars. )LQDOO\&KULVWRSKHU&ODUNDQGRWKHUVRSHQO\TXHVWLRQZKHWKHU<RXQJ%RVQLDQV¶DO- OHJHG<XJRVODYLVPZDVQRWKLQJEXWDJJUHVVLYH6HUEQDWLRQDOLVPLQGLVJXLVHE\GUDZ- 1RUPDQ$UH0XVOLPVµ-HZV¶RUµ*\SVLHV¶"$5HDVVHVVPHQWRI%RVQLDQ0XVOLP3ROLWLFDO Thought under the Habsburgs. unpublished manuscript, 2010. 6 See Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers. How Europe Went to War in 1914/RQGRQ3HQ- guin, 2012 is echoed in Sean McMeekin, July 1014: Countdown to War./RQGRQ,FRQ and previously The Russian Origins of the First World War. 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