The epoch of socialist Yugoslavia (1945‒1991) was marked by one of the longest periods of peace and prosperity among the South Slavic peoples in modern times. The emancipatory character of the second Yugoslavia referred to both the national and social aspects of its peoples and identities. In the lecture “Yugoslavia as emancipation – Identity characteristics as the basis of state and social exceptionalism”, Milivoj Bešlin will talk about how Yugoslavia, starting from the anti-fascist struggle and the socialist revolution, over the break with Stalin, to the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement, developed into an important geopolitical subject whose influence exceeded … Continue reading “Tea party” with Milivoj Bešlin: The emancipatory potential of Yugoslavia