Kultura na društvenoj pozornici

The book Culture on the Social Stage (Kultura na društvenoj pozornici), edited by Željko Grbac and published in 1987, is a significant collection of essays addressing the dynamics, challenges, and developmental trajectories of cultural policy and practice during the late period of socialist Yugoslavia. Emerging amidst the intense socio-political and economic upheavals of the late 1980s, this publication brings together texts by leading sociologists, cultural theorists, and social critics of the era. The volume focuses on analyzing the role of culture within the public sphere and everyday life. The essays examine issues such as institutional culture, amateurism, mass culture, and the media, as well as the status of creators and artists within the then-prevailing system of self-management. Particular attention is paid to the interplay between politics, the economy, and artistic freedom, as well as to the democratization of culture and its accessibility to the broadest segments of society. Written in a scholarly and analytical style, this 1987 book offers valuable insight into the sociology of culture of that time. The collection remains an important historical and scholarly document for understanding the cultural policy, intellectual debates, and social realities of Croatia and the wider region in the period immediately preceding the major political transformations of the early 1990s.