ESKİ YUGOSLAVYA ÜLKELERİNDE NOSTALJİ, KİMLİK VE SİYASET: YUGONOSTALJİ’NİN SİYASİ ETKİ POTANSİYELİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
NOSTALGIA, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF YUGONOSTALGIA

Summary/Abstract: Yugonostalgia, defined briefly as nostalgia for the era of socialist Yugoslavia, manifests itself in various forms as a socio-cultural movement adopted in the former Yugoslav countries. The political aspect of Yugonostalgia is an expression of a critical attitude towards the wars and ethnic nationalism during the break-up of Yugoslavia, which disregarded the practice of multicultural coexistence. Furthermore, considering that the former Yugoslavia countries are currently entangled in a cycle of political and economic problems such as poverty, corruption, and unemployment, the possibility arises that Yugonostalgia could lead to a new political movement that could be embraced by the masses who are fed up with those troubles. The study discusses the potential of Yugonostalgia to transform into an effective alternative political movement in post-Yugoslav countries and to forge a new political identity beyond being a socio-cultural movement expressing nostalgia for Yugoslavia and a critical attitude towards contemporary problems. Its main assumption is that Yugonostalgia does not yet have the potency to go beyond being a cultural movement based on collective memory and to unite the masses with political motivation.

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