“Ethno-nationalization” of the Post-Yugoslav societies: Features, actors, consequences, and possibilities of “de-ethno-nationalization”

Process of ?ethno-nationalization? of the Post-Yugoslav societies is considered as a crucial process of transformation of the new Post-Yugoslav societies constituted after the destruction of SFR Yugoslavia. In these ?ethno-nationalized? societies society in totality is treated as being ?owned? by the dominant ethno-nation. State?s and general societal projects and actions have the primary role to secure, enhance and promote ethno-national interests of the dominant ethno-nation. First part of the paper describes essential features of the ?ethno-nationalized? society in domain of social stratification, in economy, political system, cultural formation, and in relation to basic social values. Since ?ethno-nationalized? society is not only society with nationalism as the dominant ideology, second part of the paper discusses the characteristics of nationalism in the ?ethno-nationalized? society and pinpoints key promoters of nationalism and ?ethno-nationalization? in the Post-Yugoslav societies. Third part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of consequences of the process of ?ethno-nationalization? of society, with an emphasis on regressive implications of such transformation of a given society. Last part of the paper is devoted to the possible processes of societal reconstitution aimed at the ?de-ethno-nationalization? of the Post-Yugoslav societies.