Conference paper

Political Romanticism in Croatian Political

Davor Rodin ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

C. Schmitt's book "Political Romanticism" is the author's starting point in this treatise on romanticism and romantics in the sphere of politics and political action. He points to the fact that political action and artistic presentation of political action differ and cannot be compared. He shows that 1) problems which can be approached only politically cannot be dealt with aesthetically, religiously, or ethnically; 2) political action cannot be romantically indicted as being the cause of ethnic, social, and religious conflicts because these occur exactly when the political ground is being abandoned; 3) the social sciences represent forms of a scientific decontextualization of the political process from which it follows that scientific insights cannot serve as an instrument for rational political action.
In the context of political life in Croatia, the author concludes, political romanticism and its ignoring of reality can be counterproductive. Therefore the political problems of the Republic of Croatia cannot be solved aesthetically but only through moral, legal, and political means.

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Hrčak ID:

112990

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/112990

Publication date:

1.6.1992.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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