(Post)Yugoslav Humanitarianism

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of humanitarianism in the context of Yugoslavia's geopolitical landscape.

The Yugoslav Red Cross promoted a version of humanitarianism that served its geopolitical goals. After the fall of socialism, nonaligned humanitarianism vanished and was replaced by liberal humanitarianism, with real consequences on the ground in Montenegro and elsewhere. With Čarna Brković (University of Mainz). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS: an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members. * * * Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a count...

People in this episode

Host: Peter Korchnak

Guest: Čarna Brković

Topics covered

• humanitarianism
• Yugoslavia
• geopolitics
• socialism
• Montenegro

Keywords

• humanitarianism
• Yugoslav Red Cross
• geopolitics
• Montenegro
• liberal humanitarianism
• socialism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yugoslav Red Cross, University of Mainz

Places: Montenegro

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