1st Edition
The Revival of the Left in the Balkans Counter-Hegemonic Activism and Ideas that Fueled It
By Filip Balunović
Copyright 2025
176 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores how the critical discursive breakthrough of social movements in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia disrupted the post-socialist transitional status quo.
While critical ideas have long fueled social and political actions, the specifics of their relationship with activism have received limited scholarly attention. This book discusses the emergence of new left actors... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Positioning 3. Outlining the Core of the Critique 4. Activists and their Critical Worldviews 5. Activist Relevant Theory: Acquisition of Generic Knowledge 6. Consolidation of Discourses through Collective Cognition 7. Conclusion
Biography
Filip Balunović is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade and an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Media and Communication (Singidunum University in Belgrade). Balunović received his PhD from the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence (2020).
