Defining Political Extremism in the Balkans. The Case of Serbia

Marko Babić

doi:10.1515/ipcj-2015-0006

Authors

Marko Babić Institute of European Studies, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/ipcj-2015-0006

Keywords:

Balkans, extremism, political extremism, right-wing, Serbia

Abstract

Political extremism (and particularly right wing political extremism) remains relatively insufficiently explored due to the fact that the phenomenon is controversial and hard to define. Its ambiguity and variability depending on time and spatial point of view further complicates its definition. Its structure is amorphous and eclectic as it often includes elements from different ideologies and connects incompatible ideas. A multidimensional conceptualization and an interdisciplinary approach - sociological, social, psychological and historical, are the Author’s tools in explaining the phenomenon of political extremism in Serbia, hopefully contributing to its clarification and laying a foundation for its further explanatory theoretical studies.

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Author Biography

Marko Babić, Institute of European Studies, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw

Marko Babić, Ph.D., studied Economy at the Warsaw School of Economics, International Relations and Political Science at the University of Warsaw where obtained a PhD from Political Philosophy. His current post is assistant professor (adiunct) at the Institute of European Studies of University of Warsaw. He is a secretary of the Department of European Subregional Studies at the Institute of European Studies (University of Warsaw). His research and teaching covers contemporary Western Balkans region – geopolitical position, state building processes, ethnic conflicts including such determinants as history and religion. Nevertheless, axiological problems of the region remain in main focus of his research interests.

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