Zur (Nekro‐)Politik der Körper auf der Straße

Protest und öffentliche Trauer in Serbien um das Jahr 2000

Abstract

English abstract: This paper explores the relation between bodies on the street and politics by putting emphasis on vulnerability as the core of sovereignty. In doing so it brings together Judith Butler’s concept of “Politics of the Street” and Achille Mbembe’s approach of “Necropolitics”. The analysis concentrates on two scenes: Firstly, the political resistance against the (semi‐)authoritarian regime of Slobodan Milošević in Serbia during the period of 1997 to 2000, and secondly, practices of public mourning after the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister and former leader of the resistance Zoran Đinđić.