Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe

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

• 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 Kosača? 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 Korčanica 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 Ustaša 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

"This timely and important edited volume brings us crucial evidence on why we cannot understand the populism of today without understanding memory politics and vice versa. Drawing on a wealth of evidence and based on numerous case studies from the Southeastern European context, the book demonstrates the richness, complexity and many layers of the intriguing intersection between populism and memory politics. Both academic and non-academic audiences will greatly benefit from its insights." - Dr Lea David, Assistant Professor, Ad Astra Fellow, School of Sociology, University College Dublin."Contemporary cultures of remembrance are shaped by governmental politics of history, by the memory of families, generations and other societal strata as well as by the activities of civil society. In postcommunist Southeastern Europe actors applying populist patterns of argumentation are gaining ground on all three levels. The present volume highlights this process brilliantly with the example of the ‘Yugosphere' (and Bulgaria) by focussing on populist discursive strategies during the last decade—a must-read for Europeanists and Balkanists and for everyone interested in how populists apply memory politics in pursuing their aims." - Stefan Troebst, Professor of East European Cultural History, Leipzig University, Germany."Memory politics is of extreme importance for political and social life, especially in Europe and specifically in Southeastern Europe. The volume Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe, edited by Jody Jensen, should be used in high schools and universities, and in seminars because we need tougher engagement with this issue." - Erhard Busek, former Vice Chancellor of Austria, and Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.