O ljubljanskem nebotičniku in Balkanu : zgodovina prostora nekdanje Jugoslavije in Balkana v učbenikih zgodovine za slovenske gimnazijce od Avstro-Ogrske do samostojne Slovenije

slovenian

2022

volume 22, issue 1

ambiguity   dominant ideologies   history textbooks on the Balkan   Slovene comprehensive schools   Yugoslavia

Zgodovinsko društvo dr. Franca Kovačiča v Mariboru
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The paper analizes the presentation and interpretation of history of the regions of ex-Yugoslavia and the Balkans in history textbooks for comprehensive schools written on the territory of present-day Slovenia between 1911 and 2011. The analysis shows that pupils scholarised between 1920 and 2000 could have gained good knowledge of the past and culture of the regions of ex-Yugoslavia. Therefore we can argue that the ambiguities and the stereotypes concerning ex-Yugoslavia and the Balkans, are not the consequence of deficient information comprised in the textbooks. On the other hand is the knowledge provided by the textbooks written thereafter scarce, fragmentised and mostly reduced to the political vicissitudes of the 20th century. So, it can not contribute to removal of the existing stereotypes. In addition the paper identifies major ideologies and suppositions that underlay the presentation and choice of historical facts presented.

31.01.2025