The limits of Serbia’s democratic imagination
The Student List’s historic victory over authoritarian rule in Serbia leaves familiar contradictions unresolved.
When it is displayed by those who will soon lead the state, the connotations are unavoidable.
In a twist of historical irony, it is reasonable to assume that many students who participated in the protests against Milošević’s rule could be academics and professors themselves today.
Rather than challenging this political logic, Student List representatives have often presented their position on Kosovo as a more uncompromising alternative to Vučić’s.
What kind of historical revisionism is at play when victimhood is invoked, while responsibility for the suffering of others remains unacknowledged?
It was another reminder that expertise and academic authority do not, in themselves, guarantee a democratic or emancipatory politics.
Besa Luci
Besa Luci is K2.0’s editor-in-chief and co-founder. Besa has a master’s degree in journalism/magazine writing from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism in Columbia, U.S..
This story was originally written in English.