Serbian and Slovenian Intellectuals on the Eve of the Breakdown of Yugoslavia 1986–1989. Cover Image

Српски и словеначки интелектуалци уочи распада Југославије 1986–1989.
Serbian and Slovenian Intellectuals on the Eve of the Breakdown of Yugoslavia 1986–1989.

Author(s): Kosta Nikolić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Serbia; Slovenia; intellectuals; nationalism

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the confrotation between Serbian and Slovenian intellectuals (literary historians and writers, philosophers, sociologists, political theorists) in the years before the breakup of Yugoslavia. They were the leaders of “a new wave” which had fundamentally shaken communist Yugoslavia and in the end led to its breakdown. The Serbian and Slovenian intellectual scenes positioned themselves as an alternative to the political system in their republics. Writers had a special places in that process by reviving the old romantic narrative about “the defence of the nation”.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-62
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Serbian