Born in 1962 in Zemun, in what was then FNR Jugoslavija, in a family of different ethnicities (father-Serbian, mother-Macedonian). Grew up in different places speaking different languages; considered himself Yugoslavian until 1991.

Taught at universities in Scotland, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Brazil, and is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (South Africa). Has published several books, and articles for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Fortnight Magazine, and CTHEORY among others.