Review article

https://doi.org/10.52328/t.5.2.1

Stipe Šuvar and the question of Serbs in Croatia

Rade Dragojević orcid.org/0000-0003-4884-2883 ; Journalist, Zagreb

Abstract

Stipe Šuvar (1936 — 2004) was a politician, sociologist, publicist and public figure from Croatia. In his public addresses, articles, and political speeches and actions he always tried to unite two peoples, Croats and Serbs. During his long career, which spanned from the early sixties until his death in 2004, he always advocated political and cultural cooperation between these nations. He was also a proponent of the so-called “Yugoslav socialist patriotism”. The idea of a democratic national consciousness was united with the idea of Yugoslavism within the doctrine of Yugoslav patriotism. After 1990, he criticized and opposed to anti-Serb rhetoric, which dominated the Croatian public sphere. With this, he obliged the Serbs in Croatia in a unique way and deserves their permanent gratitude, as his colleague Svetozar Livada noted

Keywords

Serbs in Croatia; Stipe Šuvar; Yugoslavism; linguistic nationalism; socialist patriotism

Hrčak ID:

286916

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/286916

Publication date:

9.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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