ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2002.
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Jasna Dragovic-Soso - Saviours of the Nation
Serbia`s Intellectual Opposition and the Revival of Nationalism

Spasioci nacije - Srpska intelektualna opozicija i ozivljavanje nacionalizma

McGill, 2002.
Meki povez, 293 strane.
IZUZETNO RETKO IZDANJE!

Jasna Dragovi -Soso asks why this strong and apparently democratic opposition movement subsequently turned towards an extreme form of nationalism and had by the end of the 1980s accepted Miloševi `s undemocratic policies. Based on the author`s extensive primary source research and interviews with key protagonists, Saviours of the Nation examines both the causes and the consequences of the opposition`s transformation into a nationalist force. Highlighting the role of historical context, it argues that three main factors contributed to the intellectuals` elaboration of a radical nationalist ideology: abandonment of cultural `Yugoslavism` in conjunction with the post-Tito crisis of the state, difficulties in solving the thorny `Kosovo question,` and relationships between the dissidents and their Slovenian counterparts. Soso also includes a thorough analysis of the `Memorandum` of the Serbian Academy and the intellectuals` relations with Miloševi . She argues that the intellectual opposition`s search for Serbian statehood at any price undermined its ability to present a convincing political alternative, allowing the regime to overcome its crisis of legitimacy and continue its reckless and belligerent policies.

Jasna is Professor of International Politics and History at Goldsmiths, University of London and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Balkans. She works on memory politics, transitional justice, nationalism, state disintegration and international intervention, with a focus on former Yugoslavia and the post-Yugoslav region.

She has provided expertise on the post-Yugoslav region to various non-academic stakeholders, including the Foreign Office, non-governmental organizations in the UK and the Western Balkans, the Royal Court Theatre, the International Commission on the Balkans, and British and international media outlets. She has held visiting fellowships at the London School of Economics and School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL. She co-edits the Palgrave book series on Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. She is currently writing a book about truth commission initiatives, nation-building and memory politics in the post-conflict Balkans.

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