Political Culture and the Attitude Toward “the Other”

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Zoran Lutovac
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5089-7395

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The subject of this paper is the place and role of “the Other” in political culture, with a special focus on Serbia. The paper first briefly examines the meaning and significance of the concepts of political culture, national and political identity, as well as the phenomenon of “the Other,” and then explores their interrelations. The phenomenon of “the Other” is considered within the context of the historical period and the nature of the political order. A special section of the paper is dedicated to both internal and external Others, who change and transform over time in accordance with broader cultural and political shifts at both global and national levels. Finally, the last part of the text outlines some possible theoretical and practical-political responses to the challenges posed to rulers and citizens by encounters with “the Other” — and with themselves.


 

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Lutovac, Z. (2025). Political Culture and the Attitude Toward “the Other”. Stanovnistvo. https://doi.org/10.59954/stnv.688
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