Sacralized claims to territory are framed as non-negotiable across all authority
Evidence
Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem, the center of spiritual, cultural, national and human identity of the Serb people, where Serbs became the mature historic people, and no state or any other authority can surrender Kosovo and Metohija to a non-Serb authority. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1548
Categorization
- XREF: Directly illustrates the reader’s sacred-values thesis: once land is sacralized it is declared immune to any compromise or authority — echoes the intractable-conflict literature on sacred values resisting trade-offs. — connects to: Sacred-value defenders benefit materially yet must deny those benefits to stay non-negotiable — Scott Atran, The Devoted Actor: Unconditional…, 60; Sacralizing territory lets political claims override demographic and geographic facts — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 561; Denying settlement rights constitutes moral exclusion in plain view — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 613 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Sacralizing territory lets political claims override demographic and geographic facts
#expands(0.88) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 561 - Sacred-value defenders benefit materially yet must deny those benefits to stay non-negotiable
#complicates(0.82) — Scott Atran, The Devoted Actor, 60 - Denying settlement rights constitutes moral exclusion in plain view
#exemplifies(0.75) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 613