Historijski zbornik, Vol. 40 , 1987.
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SOME ASPECTS OF SLAVONIAN REGIONALISM IN THE PERIODICAL »SLAVONAC« (THE SLAVONIAN)
Iskra Iveljić
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In her paper the author tries to illuminate and explain the relation of a group of eminent Slavonians, gathered around the periodical »Slavonac« in the early 1860s, toward the Croatian national integration. As the paper refers to a certain group of Slavonians, its scope is of a limited kind.
At the middle of the 19th century Slavonia found herself split by two national integrations, namely that of the Croats, and that of the Serbs. Such a state of affairs brought about a number of different attitudes toward those integrations. Some Slavonians began to think of themselves as of Croats, some as of Serbs, while others tried, in many different ways, to pursue their own Slavonian identity. Miroslav Kraljević, the editor-in-chief of »Slavonac«, decided on a vigorous Slavonian propaganda, the aim of which was to put an end to the further disintegration of Slavonia in its Croatian and Serbian part. Accordingly, the inhabitants of Slavonia were considered to be Slavonians. However, even though Kraljević vehemently asserted Slavonian regional identity, his attitude was not entirely separatistic. He emphasized that Civil Croatia and Slavonia were entitled to same rights, but he did not demand a complete state independence of Slavonia and its separation from Civil Croatia.
To conclude with, Slavonian regionalism is a very complex phenomenon, existent in at least several variants, which consist of various aspects such as political, cultural, economic and religious.
»Slavonac« demanded the equality of rights between Civil Croatia and Slavonia and tried to prevent every possibility of dividing Slavonia between the Croats and Serbs. Although Slavonian regionalism, as expressed in the periodical »Slavonac«, was an impediment for the Croatian national integration, it was not of a totally separatistic character.
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326952
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Datum izdavanja:
1.4.1988.
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