The book An Introduction to the Past (Uvod u prošlost) is published only in Serbian/Croatian, while the intent is also to publish an English version. A lengthy 22-hour interview with Želimir Žilnik was recorded; Boris Buden took excerpts from it and used them as “initial triggers” for his essays, creating a pseudo-dialogue and extending it with his analysis. Kuda.org regards Buden as an important partner.

The table of content translates as follows:

Preface                                                                                                                 7
The Past and How to Acquire It                                                                               16
Into the Healthy Brain                                                                                           35
At the Cemetery of Dead Words (Fragments)                                                           52
UDBA (From Off)                                                                                                  56
Censorship (Cutting Cadres)                                                                                  68
Stalinism                                                                                                           103
Tito (Dictator?)                                                                                                   112
JNA                                                                                                                   133
The Star is Born: Brief Note on the Phenomenon of Cultural Initiation                       144
Entering into the Sphere of Cultural Production in the Period of the Late Titoism        154
Yugoslav Idol: Return to the Present in Three Images                                            176
Shoot it Black! What is Black in the “Black Wave”?                                                  202
Instead of the Epilogue: Revolution – A Marble Ass of History                                  213