Latinka Perović

Latinka Perović (Serbian Cyrillic: Латинка Перовић; born 4 October 1933[2]) is a Serbian historian and former politician. During the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Perović was a secretary general of the League of Communists of Serbia in period between 1968−1972.[3] In 1972 Federal League of Communists of Yugoslavia dismissed her from her position together with Marko Nikezić i Mirko Tepavac under the accusation that they are excessively liberal.[3] Dismissal of Serbian "liberals" in 1972 followed an earlier dismissal of supposed Croatian "nationalists" of Croatian Spring.

Latinka Perović
Perović in November 2013 at the 'Četvrt veka posrtanja' roundtable discussion about the Yugoslav and Serbian media between 1988 and 2013.
Born (1933-10-04) October 4, 1933[1]
Beloševac, Kragujevac, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today:  Serbia)[1]
Alma materFaculty of Philosophy (undergraduate and master) and Faculty of Political Sciences (doctoral) (University of Belgrade)[1]
Occupationhistorian

Following her removal from active politics Latinka Perović focused on scientific work at the Institute for the History of the Labor Movement of Serbia (modern day Institute for Recent History of Serbia). During the 1990s Breakup of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav Wars Latinka Perović was one of the sharpest critics of Serbian nationalism, especially Slobodan Milošević and his regime.[3]

Biography

She was born in Kragujevac, Serbia in 1933. She graduated in history at the University of Belgrade and earned a PhD degree in political science 1975[2] at the same University.

At the age of 27, she was already president of the Conference for the Women's Social Activity of Yugoslavia (1960-1964).[2] Perović was Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia from 1968 to 1972.[2] She was considered the most influential woman in Serbia at that time and the only one who did not gain her position based on marriage with a more powerful man than herself, but rather through her own intelligence, competence and ambition.

In 1972 Marko Nikezić (the president of the CC of the LCS) and Perović were removed from their positions because Josip Broz Tito considered their views too liberal.[2] After that, she never returned to politics. Perović devoted herself to historical research and became known as one of the most prominent experts on Serbian history from the 19th century onwards.

From 1976 to 1998 Perović worked at the Institute for Recent History of Serbia. In her writings and studies on modern Serbia, she often emphasizes that Serbia needs a politician who would publicly claim responsibility for the destruction wrought in the former Yugoslavia in order to help the reconciliation with the neighboring states and prevent the recurrence of this kind of tragedy. She was opposed to the regime of Slobodan Milošević.[2]

Being the founder of modern liberalism in Serbia, some claim Perović is also political guru to Čedomir Jovanović, president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Serbia.

Since 1993 Perović has been an editor in chief of Currents of History magazine. She rarely appears in public or gives interviews.

Selected works

2010 book "Facts and Interpretations. Two Conversations with Latinka Perovic" included detailed bibliography of Latinka Perović with the list of 8 monographs, 10 historical source-books with introductory studies on 19th century, 9 historical source-books with introductory studies on 20th and 21st century, 18 forewords and postscripts, 78 studies, discussions and articles and 13 noticed reviews.[1] Bibliography did not include articles, interviews, and speeches on book promotions, which have been published in various newspapers and magazines as well as obituaries.[1] Perović continued writing in the following years. Her 2015 book "Dominantna i neželjena elita" (English: Dominant and Unwanted Elite) initiated critical response from Croatian Sociologist Mira Bogdanović who in her 2016 book "Elitistički pasijans: Povijesni revizionizam Latinke Perović" (English: Elitist Passians: Historical Revisionism of Latinka Perović) criticized Perović for inventing concepts of dominant and unwanted elites which do not exist in Sociological science.[4]

Monographs[1]
  • Pera Todorović (English: Pera Todorovic). Rad. Belgrade (1983)
  • Od centralizma do federalizma: KPJ o nacionalnom pitanju (English: From Centralism to Federalism: the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the National Question). Globus. Zagreb (1984)
  • Srpski socijalisti 19. veka: Prilog istoriji socijalističke misli: (English: Serbian Socialists in XIX Century: Contribution to the History of Socialist Thought) (1985-1995)
    • Knj. 1: Prvi poznavaoci i pristalice socijalističkih učenja u Srbiji (English: Book One: First Connoisseurs and Supporters of Socialist Ideas in Serbia). Rad. Belgrade (1985)
    • Knj. 2: Ideje i pokret Svetozara Markovića (English: Book Two: the Ideas and the Movement of Svetozar Markovic). Rad. Belgrade (1985)
    • Knj. 3. Doktrina narodnjaštva teorijski okvir srpskog socijalizma (English: Book Three: The Doctrine of Narodniks is a Theoretical Framework of Serbian Socialism). Službeni list SRJ. Belgrade (1995)
  • Planirana revolucija. Ruski blankizam i jakobinizam (English: The Planned Revolution. Russian Blanquism). BIGZ-Globus. Belgrade-Zagreb. (1988)
  • Zatvaranje kruga. Ishod rascepa 1971-1972 (English: The Closure of the Circle. Consequences of 1971-1972 Schism). Svjetlost. Sarajevo (1991)
  • Srpsko-ruske revolucionarne veze. Prilozi za istoriju narodnjaštva u Srbiji (English: Serbo-Russian Revolutionary Connections. Contributions for the History of Narodnik Ideas in Serbia). Službeni list SRJ. Belgrade (1994)
  • Ljudi, događaji, knjige, Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji (English: People, Events Books, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia). Belgrade. (two editions). (2000)
  • Između anarhije i autokratije. Srpsko društvo na prelazima vekova (XIX-XXI) (English: Between Anarchy and Autocracy. Serbian Society at the Turn of centuries (XIX-XXI)). Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji. Belgrade (2006)

References
  1. Milosavljević, Olivera (2010). Činjenice i tumačenja. Dva razgovora sa Latinkom Perović [Facts and Interpretations. Two Conversations with Latinka Perovic] (in Serbian). Belgrade, Serbia: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji. ISBN 978-86-7208-169-5.
  2. Hrvatska enciklopedija, vol. 8, Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 2006, p. 400
  3. "Latinka Perović". Nevladina organizacija “Gariwo“ Sarajevo. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. Čović, Bartul (21 March 2017). "Liberali su proganjali slobodu, a komunisti su joj bezuspješno krčili put". Mašina – proizvodnja društvene kritike. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

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