Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe

This book explores the politics of memory in Southeastern Europe in the context of rising populisms and their hegemonic grip on official memory and politics.

Autorentext

Jody Jensen is the Director of the Polányi Centre at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Köszeg (iASK). She is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Political Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Inhalt

Editorial Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe - Toward an Ethnographic Understanding of Enmity Chapter 2: (Not) Remembering A Populist Event: The Serbian Antibureaucratic Revolution (1988-1989) Chapter 3: The Modernist Abject: Ruins of Socialism, Reconstruction And Populist Politics In Belgrade And Sarajevo Chapter 4: Whose Is Herceg Kosaca? Populist Memory Politics of Constructing "Historical People" In Bosnia And Herzegovina Chapter 5: Of (Anti)Fascists And (Anti)Communists: Constructing the People and Its Enemies at The Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar Chapter 6: Populism Versus Working-Class Culture in The Memory Politics of Korcanica Memorial Zone Chapter 7: The "War for Peace": Commemoration of The Bombing of Dubrovnik In Montenegro Chapter 8: Contested Narratives of Bleiburg In the Context of WW II Remembrance in Croatia Chapter 9: Populism, Memory Politics and The Ustasa Movement 1945-2020 Chapter 10: Operation Museum: Memory Politics As "Populist Mobilization" In North Macedonia (2006-2011) Chapter 11: Integration Versus Identity: Memory Politics, Populism and The Good Neighborliness Agreement Between North Macedonia And Bulgaria Chapter 12: Lukov March As A "Template of Possibility" For Historical Revisionism: Memory, History and Populism In Post-1989 Bulgaria**