Balkan.Perspectives No. 2

The second issue of Balkan.Perspectives deals with the topic “Heroes”. The authors take a look into the concept of heroism and explore how a person becomes a hero. Furthermore the commemoration of heroes in the Balkans is analyzed and we ask the overarching questions if we need heroes at all.

This issue of Balkan.Perspectives deals with the following topics:

• Moral courage: the Path Towards Peace Building
• Interview with Gordan Kičić and Nikola Pejaković: The notion of heroism in cinematography in Serbia today
• Hero – Zero? – forgotten heroes
• An unknown Serbian deserter, a hero that will never be forgiven
• Goražde: Heroes of the battle for the wounded
• I have never thought I could be this strong – A report about the lives of widows in Krusha e Madhe