Authoritarian trajectories of (de)alienation: political affect, invoking the state and humanist-Marxist legacies
Journal
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
ISSN
1464-9373
ISSN-Digital
1469-8447
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2025-09-03
Author(s)
Abstract
This article works with the concept of (de)alienation to zoom in on the experiences and accounts of a new political affect articulated in the unfolding student-led antiauthoritarian protests in Serbia. It seeks to understand why the protests are seen and felt as a turning point that restores people’s ability to relate to their society and reclaim a sense of the political. Apart from its main focus on an ethnographic-analytical account of the particular a(party)political character of the protest claims and practices, the article comparatively explores resonances between the present-day protest and the humanist-Marxist legacy of student protests of 1968. The article concludes by looking at Europe and the world from the vantage point of student protests in Serbia as a perspective to think about contemporary ways of invoking the state and (re)claiming the political.
Language
English
Keywords
(De)alienation
authoritarianism
populism
political affect
students
protests
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
26
Number
5
Start page
844
End page
860
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