The media's role in defending ethnic interests was paralleled by similar processes in other spheres of social life - such as politics, education and culture. The combination of media propaganda with the NATO attack on Serbia has resulted in absolute confusion among the Serbian public. The least confused are the Serbian nationalists, because everything was and is clear to them and accords with their long-held beliefs. Missing is any common denominator for what has happened and why, as well as any new narrative strong enough to replace the old outdated ones. Although it might be conveniently simple to believe that the common denominator is President Slobodan Milosevic, everybody in Serbia knows that the truth is much more complex.
Nobody is innocent, both inside and outside Serbia.
Without cognitive and ethical acceptance of reality, with all its paradoxes and contradictions, it is hard to imagine how any way out can be found. So far, this truth has been so fragmented that it seems that a necessary precondition for resolution must include the establishment of a discourse to identify and confront the main causes of the Serbian trauma. The construction of a conflict. Feminism Please E-MAIL US with your comments and suggestions. Receive Central Europe Review free via e-mail every week.