Original scientific paper
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF PRIEST JOSIP PAZMAN IN THE LIGHT OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES
Ana BIOČIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-4279
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
Josip Pazman was exceptionally involved public servant – professor at the Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb, and canon at the College of St Jerome. Regarding politics he was supporter of Christian socials and later member of Frank wing of the Party of Rights. As a member of this political party in 1916 he was elected at the Croatian
Parliament as representative of Nova Gradiška district. The author of this article has analyzed Pazman’s parliamentary speeches in order to determine his viewpoints regarding culture, politics, education and economy. Pazman’s parliamentary speeches reflect attitudes characteristic for all the members of the Party of Rights. Namely, Chairman of the Parliament often had to admonish him because he usually did not stick to the topic of discussion. Moreover, it seems that Pazman agreed with all the important viewpoints of his party, and this can be easily proven by his speeches. He supported unity of all Croatian historical lands on the basis of the Croatian state right, and he disapproved politics that agreed with Austro-Hungarian and Hungarian-Croatian Compromises, as well as he was against any South Slavic political orientation. By the same token, he defended Croatian interests – importance and dignity of the Croatian Parliament, right to union of the Croatian historical lands, and thus he openly disagreed with Hungarization of the educational system and economy (regulation of river flows). After the election Pazman did not forget his electoral district, since all of his parliamentary speeches were related to some extent with Nova Gradiška district. The fact that Pazman was theologian and professor at the Chair for ethical theology of the Theological Faculty is also traceable in some of his parliamentary speeches.
Keywords
Josip Pazman; priest; Croatian Parliament; Party of Rights; Frank wing of the Party of Rights; World War One; 20th century; ecclesiastical history
Hrčak ID:
176475
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2016.
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