Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia
Authorized Users Only
2019
Article (Published version)

Routledge / Taylor & Francis
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The breakup between socialist Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in 1948 paved the way for radical socio-political reforms as well as a new cultural model that would justify a newly invented Yugoslav socialist Sonderweg. In this context, Structuralism became a key vehicle for implementing the social and cultural values of the newly invented socialist self-management ideology. Structuralism helped shape the new culture via different fields and cultural approaches. This paper examines the origins and importance of Structuralism in architecture in the ideological and political context of Yugoslav socialism. As an avant-garde movement, Structuralism consequentially contributed to the critique of the then predominant functionalist paradigm of high modernism, resulting in a new direction that emphasised aestheticisation, a formal and semiotic approach, and the establishment of universal and archetypal values ostensibly derived from the exploration of vernacular architecture in Yugoslavia. Start...ing from the premise that all these values had a major impact on the construction of the mythology of authentic and autochthonous socialism, this paper shows how architectural Structuralism played a key role in shaping social and political authenticity and cultural mediation.
Keywords:
Structuralism / Modern Architecture / Structuralist Architecture / Socialist Yugoslavia / Ideology / National IdentitySource:
The Journal of Architecture, 2019, 24, 6, 853-876Publisher:
- London: Routledge
- London: Taylor & Francis
Funding / projects:
DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973
ISSN: 1360-2365; 1466-4410
WoS: 000499041500006
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85075662650
Institution/Community
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Ignjatović, Aleksandar AU - Stojiljković, Danica Milan PY - 2019 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/896 AB - The breakup between socialist Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in 1948 paved the way for radical socio-political reforms as well as a new cultural model that would justify a newly invented Yugoslav socialist Sonderweg. In this context, Structuralism became a key vehicle for implementing the social and cultural values of the newly invented socialist self-management ideology. Structuralism helped shape the new culture via different fields and cultural approaches. This paper examines the origins and importance of Structuralism in architecture in the ideological and political context of Yugoslav socialism. As an avant-garde movement, Structuralism consequentially contributed to the critique of the then predominant functionalist paradigm of high modernism, resulting in a new direction that emphasised aestheticisation, a formal and semiotic approach, and the establishment of universal and archetypal values ostensibly derived from the exploration of vernacular architecture in Yugoslavia. Starting from the premise that all these values had a major impact on the construction of the mythology of authentic and autochthonous socialism, this paper shows how architectural Structuralism played a key role in shaping social and political authenticity and cultural mediation. PB - London: Routledge PB - London: Taylor & Francis T2 - The Journal of Architecture T1 - Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 853 EP - 876 DO - 10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973 ER -
@article{ author = "Ignjatović, Aleksandar and Stojiljković, Danica Milan", year = "2019", abstract = "The breakup between socialist Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in 1948 paved the way for radical socio-political reforms as well as a new cultural model that would justify a newly invented Yugoslav socialist Sonderweg. In this context, Structuralism became a key vehicle for implementing the social and cultural values of the newly invented socialist self-management ideology. Structuralism helped shape the new culture via different fields and cultural approaches. This paper examines the origins and importance of Structuralism in architecture in the ideological and political context of Yugoslav socialism. As an avant-garde movement, Structuralism consequentially contributed to the critique of the then predominant functionalist paradigm of high modernism, resulting in a new direction that emphasised aestheticisation, a formal and semiotic approach, and the establishment of universal and archetypal values ostensibly derived from the exploration of vernacular architecture in Yugoslavia. Starting from the premise that all these values had a major impact on the construction of the mythology of authentic and autochthonous socialism, this paper shows how architectural Structuralism played a key role in shaping social and political authenticity and cultural mediation.", publisher = "London: Routledge, London: Taylor & Francis", journal = "The Journal of Architecture", title = "Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia", volume = "24", number = "6", pages = "853-876", doi = "10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973" }
Ignjatović, A.,& Stojiljković, D. M.. (2019). Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia. in The Journal of Architecture London: Routledge., 24(6), 853-876. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973
Ignjatović A, Stojiljković DM. Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia. in The Journal of Architecture. 2019;24(6):853-876. doi:10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973 .
Ignjatović, Aleksandar, Stojiljković, Danica Milan, "Towards an authentic path: Structuralism and architecture in socialist Yugoslavia" in The Journal of Architecture, 24, no. 6 (2019):853-876, https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2019.1684973 . .