Contesting Ideas in Socialist Yugoslavia: The Korčula Summer School, the Kumrovec Political School, and Their Legacy (1964–2003.)

This paper offers a parallel study of the Korčula Summer School and the LCY Political School in Kumrovec, aiming to understand the evolution, challenges, and decline of communist ideology in Yugoslavia, while exploring what communism even meant in this context. Covering the period from 1964 to 1990, the study examines the role of these schools in shaping the ideological foundations of Yugoslav society and the difficulties they faced in a shifting political and intellectual landscape. Through a chronological overview, the paper seeks to illuminate how ideological systems evolved and what remained of “Yugoslav communism” as it waned.