Yugoslavism in the 21st Century? On the Afterlife of a Seemingly Retired Idea

STEHLÍK, Petr. Yugoslavism in the 21st Century? On the Afterlife of a Seemingly Retired Idea. In 5th International Balkan Studies Conference "Balkan Express", 8. - 9. 11. 2019, Prague. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Yugoslavism in the 21st Century? On the Afterlife of a Seemingly Retired Idea
• Authors: STEHLÍK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 5th International Balkan Studies Conference "Balkan Express", 8. - 9. 11. 2019, Prague, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60101 History
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111305
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Yugoslavism; Ideology; Subversion; Post-Yugoslav cultural space
• Tags: RIV - zkontrolováno, rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

For most of its history, Yugoslavism has been conceptualized as a national-integrational and/or state-building ideology. With the demise of the SFRJ and the Milošević regime’s “abduction” of the Yugoslav name, Yugoslavism lost its privileged position on the marketplace of ideas and became an ideological specter haunting the minds of post-Yugoslav nationalist elites. However, what seemed to be a historically compromised idea at the end of the 20th century appears to be alive and kicking from the perspective of 2019. The aim of this paper is to present some of the reconceptualizations of Yugoslavism put forth over the past two decades by scholars and journalists such as Mitja Velikonja, Vjekoslav Perica, Tanja Petrović, Viktor Ivančić and Dragan Markovina. Particular attention will be paid to the new incarnation of Yugoslavism as a subversive strategy and alternative to the dominant nationalist discourse in Post-Yugoslavia and to the related vision of a common cultural space as a vehicle of reconciliation between mutually antagonistic societies.

Links

• MUNI/A/1078/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Výzkum slovanského areálu: generační proměny

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A