„ODJECI I REAGOVANJA” 1988-1991. – PREMA NOVINSKOJ RUBRICI „POLITIKE”
„IMPRESSIONS AND REACTIONS” 1988 - 1991, - A LOOK AT A POPULAR COLUMN IN THE „POLITIKA” DAILY

Summary/Abstract: From 1988 to 1991 the most respectable Yugoslav daily newspaper „Politika” regularly published numerous letters from its readers in the column entitled „Impressions and Reactions”. Letters from all types of people were published, to the satisfaction of „Politika” editors, who prided themselves with the idea that the column had become a „popular platform”. The column was wholly political in content and its appearance coincided with a particularly dramatic period of transformation in Serb society. It was a time when the new social and political elite was becoming established, and was busily creating the foundations of renewed national identity and awareness. In the process, whose accelerated rhythm trampled over all who tried to remain rational and cautious, Serbia’s new administration called for „national mobilization” and unity among „Serbs worldwide”. The collective belief and the collective rights of the nation, which the government in Serbia loudly proclaimed, stifled isolated sounds of doubt or opposition. The column „Impressions and Reactions” reflects the deep and dramatic transformation of the political climate among the Serbs. By analyzing the texts and thematic wholes of this column, the author has offered a modest contribution, which might serve as a basis for a future anatomy of Serb society at the close of the 20th century.

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