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A major reason for Kanitz’s travels to Serbia and his extensive work on books and drawings for the German media public was his effort to give Serbia an image that could be connected to Europe. Of course, this attempt must be interpreted before the background of the Habsburg’s expansion plans and policy of colonialization. Nevertheless, with his positive portrayal of the Kingdom of Serbia, Felix Philipp Kanitz drew divergent narratives of the Balkans, as this chapter highlights, that contained political alternatives. The democratic and emancipatory potentials of the Balkan Peninsula already indicated a rapprochement between Europe and Southeast Europe beginning in the early twentieth century. The assassination of Serbian King Aleksandar I Obrenović in 1903 gave rise to alternative transatlantic narratives about the Balkans. The “regicide” was framed in US public discourse as a rejection of tyranny and a chance for Serbia’s democratic renewal, emphasising the Balkans’ ties to Western values. The US media presented Serbian rulers, including Petar I, as legitimate and modern figures, in contrast to European representations of the region as semi-Oriental and backward. Serbia was seen as a free, Christian nation and a beacon of democracy in the Balkans.

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The “Stepchild” of the European Family: Emancipation and Democratization Processes in Serbia

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    2025年

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  • Eva Tamara Asboth

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A major reason for Kanitz’s travels to Serbia and his extensive work on books and drawings for the German media public was his effort to give Serbia an image that could be connected to Europe. Of course, this attempt must be interpreted before the background of the Habsburg’s expansion plans and policy of colonialization. Nevertheless, with his positive portrayal of the Kingdom of Serbia, Felix Philipp Kanitz drew divergent narratives of the Balkans, as this chapter highlights, that contained political alternatives. The democratic and emancipatory potentials of the Balkan Peninsula already indicated a rapprochement between Europe and Southeast Europe beginning in the early twentieth century. The assassination of Serbian King Aleksandar I Obrenović in 1903 gave rise to alternative transatlantic narratives about the Balkans. The “regicide” was framed in US public discourse as a rejection of tyranny and a chance for Serbia’s democratic renewal, emphasising the Balkans’ ties to Western values. The US media presented Serbian rulers, including Petar I, as legitimate and modern figures, in contrast to European representations of the region as semi-Oriental and backward. Serbia was seen as a free, Christian nation and a beacon of democracy in the Balkans.