Vol 4, No 1, 2005 pp. 11-19
UDC 316.7.723.752.4

REFLECTING ON THE CULTURE OF POWER, TEN YEARS ON
Eric D. Gordy
Clark University, Massachusetts, USA
egordy@clarku.edu 

Ten years after the fieldwork that led to The Culture of Power in Serbia, the author reflects on the book's reception, and considers some questions that were not taken up in the original research. Intervening events are taken into account as they relate to issues of the autonomy of culture, to theories of nationalist mobilisation, and to the question of characterising social divisions in contemporary Serbia. The author clarifies his position on conflicts between popular musical cultures, and considers how the cultural meanings of musical forms may be changing. Finally, the author considers the question of how much has changed over the ten years since the original research, and ways in which the construction of "transition" impacts on political culture and legitimacy.
Key words: political sociology, cultural sociology, nationalism, popular music, transition. 

OSVRT NA KULTURU VLASTI, DESET GODINA KASNIJE
Deset godina nakon istraživanja, autor knjige Kultura vlasti u Srbiji razmatra recepciju te knjige, i uzima u obzir neka pitanja koja nisu bila uključena u originalnom istraživanju. Događaji za vreme i nakon istraživanja uzeti su u obzir u odnosu na pitanja autonomije kulture, nacionalističke mobilizacije, kao i na pitanja karaktera društvenih podela u savremenoj Srbiji. Autor pojašnjava svoj stav o sukobima u popularnoj muzičkoj kulturi, i navodi mogućnost da se kulturni značaj muzičke forme menja. Na kraju, autor postavlja pitanje koliko je situacija u Srbiji drugačija u odnosu na period od pre deset godina, i kako se konstrukcija "tranzicije" odražava na skavodnevni život i legitimitet.
Ključne reči: politička sociologija, sociologija kulture, nacionalizam, popularna muzika, tranzicija