Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol52no204
The European Character of Eliminating Holidays and the Socialist Indolent Mentality
Mateja Habinc
; Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Ljubljani
Sažetak
The article analyses official and unofficial discourses (media reports, web commentaries and forums) in Slovenia and Croatia which deal with eliminating holidays as a part of austerity measures. It focuses on the relationship between eliminating holidays, diligence and mentality on the one hand and Balkan, socialist and European identity on the other. The analysed material suggests that both governments’ proposals to eliminate holidays largely triggered two kinds of commentaries: how holidays are related to diligence and which holidays and identities related to them – if any at all – should be eliminated. If most unofficial discourses have not connected holidays with diligence and productivity, they have also not focused on systemic solutions regarding payment of work for holidays (and/or days free of work) nor have they concentrated on workers’ rights. However the majority of commentaries touched upon the question of the socialist mentality and identity, which were seen as related to specific holidays. In the end, it was not productivity but rather drawing closer to Europe that appeared as a goal of the suggested (and/or realised) systemic changes.
Ključne riječi
holidays, austerity, mentality, former Yugoslavia, (post)socialism
Hrčak ID:
149474
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.12.2015.
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