THE HISTORY OF YUGOSLAVIA IN LIGHT OF CRITIQUE

(multiple authors, ed. Božidar Jakšić)

Half a century ago, in 1972, a comprehensive book appeared, titled History of Yugoslavia and written by four historians, three from Belgrade and one from Sarajevo. Their approach to certain controversial issues, such as national integration processes, caused strong criticism and heated polemics, especially in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. These polemics were published in professional journals in the period from 1973 until 1976.

The joint effort of three publishers – MOST ART JUGOSLAVIJA from Belgrade, BUYBOOK from Sarajevo and SREDNJA EUROPA from Zagreb – enables the public to have all relevant critical texts on the History of Yugoslavia and polemical responses of some of its authors in one place.

The book is intended for anyone interested in how historians half a century ago thought and wrote about the complex issues of the separate national and common pasts of the Yugoslav peoples.

Naturally, the book will also be of interest to those who are searching for the reasons for two unsuccessful attempts to live in a joint state.

Participants: Božidar Jakšić (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory), Olga Manojlović Pintar (Institute for Recent History of Serbia), Damir Agičić (University of Zagreb School of Humanities), Petar Žarković (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory), and Marija Mandić (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory)

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