Aleksandar Vučić's coalition won the recent (21 June) Serbian parliamentary elections amidst a mass boycott. We talk to Balkanist editor Lily Lynch about what Vučić represents - violent ultranationalist or technocratic centrist? We also take time to discuss geopolitical rivalries over Kosovo.
Plus: cigar socialism, Yugoboomers and the enduring appeal of Balkan orientalism. According to Julian Assange, the future always comes to Serbia first - what does this mean?
Intro clip: Vučić's very creepy virtual rally | Outro clip: The Big Z
Readings:
/409/ Palestine, Protest, Repression: The Wider Context
/408/ Was It Raining When You Fled Paris? ft. Peter Gourevitch
/407/ Beyond Bare Life ft. Dustin Guastella
/406/ AufheBonus Bonus (sample)
/405/ Size Queen Nation ft. Christie Offenbacher & Benjamin Fife (sample)
/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
/402/ Revolution and Conservatism, e.g. in Mexico ft. Roger Lancaster (sample)
/403/ Reading Club: Habermas on Social Media (sample)
/401/ Modernity is Very Gay ft. Roger Lancaster
/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe
/400/ The Political Oppositions of the Next Decade ft. Frost, Gourevitch, Liu, Phillips
/399/ From ADHD to Let Me Be (Emotion Sickness, pt III) [sample]
/398/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (II) ft. Ashley Frawley (sample)
/397/ Reading Club: Imagined Communities (sample)
Big news: Bungacast is getting bigger, better
/395/ A Coup From Within the Computer ft. Benjamin Studebaker (excerpt)
UNLOCKED /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
/393/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (I) ft. Nina Power
/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
Excerpt: /391/ Aufhebonus Bonus - Feb 2024
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