Zbornik Janković, Vol. V No. 5-6, 2021.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.47325/zj.5.12
Similarities and differences between the scientific knowledge of Stjepan Radić, Bogdan Radica and Franjo Tuđman
Marin Vlasnović
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to present similarities and differences in the political considerations of the national emancipation of Stjepan Radić, Bogdan Radica and Franjo Tuđman, three extremely important Croatian intellectuals and politicians, whose findings coincide with the contemporary theories of the nation of the French philosopher Ernest Renan, consociational democracy of Arend Lijphart and the building of Eastern European nations by Hungarian political scientist István Bibó. They formed their ideas at different times under different influences, which ultimately determined the way they acted in public. All three are characterized by adherence to republicanism and federalism as a political system, the only one that can enhance the democratic order in Yugoslav communities, and which would suit the mood of diverse parts of the multinational state. They operated during the dictatorial regimes of King Alexander Karađorđevic and Josip Broz Tito. Although they start from different ideological positions, all three in the moments of their intellectual maturity do not see alternatives to Croatia’s sovereignty and independence as the end of national emancipation, the realization of the ideals of democracy and a return to European Christian roots.
Keywords
republicanism; federalism; democracy; sovereignty; independence; national emancipation
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281349
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Publication date:
17.8.2022.
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