Serbia, Hegel and Pragmatic History

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Historians who indulge in narrating pragmatic history - as specified by G.W.F Hegel in his most notable book, The Philosophy of History - aim to give an account of the past through an ideological lens. Meaning, there is either a theory or an ideology attached to that account of history; there is room for manipulating a narrative and give it some sort of general meaning that will satisfy the present political climate. Amidst this transitional era of dynamic politics in the Balkan Peninsula, Serbia uselessly reverts to the past in this manner like no other nation around them. A brief glance of www.srbija.gov , specifically their section on Kosova, speaks volumes for itself. When it comes to Kosova, the gist of their adopted argument centers around a historical account that is not only very pragmatic in nature but also dates back to the memorandums of Vaso Cubrilovic (read: The Expulsion of the Albanians). Yet, most Serbs seem to forget that if history has taught us anything – it is “that people and governments never learn anything from [it], or act on principles deduced from it”. Presheva Valley is solid proof, that Serbia’s defense in citing the past to bear upon the present is simply delusional.


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