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European Idelogies and Mediterranean Culture

Hrvoje Lorković

Abstract

The paper, actually transcript of a lecture given in Hvar in 1994, deals with the question of cultural ambition as the moving force which, more or less visibly, lurks behind political movements and ideologies, although their actors are not always fully conscious of it. The question of the culture in general is here linked with the symbols of a social status. Culture is generated in connection with the production of instrumenta. Thus the means for acquisition of a social status become transferable, culture becomes movable. The consequences of transplanting, i.e. accepting an alien culture may be illustrated by archaeological finds. A connection between ideologies and the cultural ambition has also been discerned in recent times. There is evidence that it the roots of both the so-called Fascism and Communism lies the ambition to rea.ch a cultural status or level long since desired. Being the cradle of culture, the Mediterranean plays a role in it that has been neglected up to now. The presence of Croatia and of Hvar on the Mediterranean gives the opportunity to develop new patterns for interpreting ideological conflicts.

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Hrčak ID:

123737

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/123737

Publication date:

30.6.1997.

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