Reflecting on "The CUlture of Power", Ten Years On
Reflecting on "The CUlture of Power", Ten Years On

Summary/Abstract: Ten years after the fieldwork that led to The Culture of Power in Serbia, the author reflects on the book's reception, and considers some questions that were not taken up in the original research. Intervening events are taken into account as they relate to issues of the autonomy of culture, to theories of nationalist mobilisation, and to the question of characterising social divisions in contemporary Serbia. The author clarifies his position on conflicts between popular musical cultures, and considers how the cultural meanings of musical forms may be changing. Finally, the author considers the question of how much has changed over the ten years since the original research, and ways in which the construction of "transition" impacts on political culture and legitimacy.

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