Izvorni znanstveni članak
Prussian Enlightened Absolutism between Enlightenment and Reason of State
Aleksandar Molnar
orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-5070
; Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Beograd, Srbija
Sažetak
In the article the author is dealing with the revival of the theory of Reason
of State (Ital. la Ragione di Stato) in the 18th century Prussia. He is arguing
that the theory of Reason of State was quite compatible with the growing
nationalism in early 16th century Italy as well as in late 18th century Prussia and
capable of undermining the emerging project of Enlightenment. That explains
why such champion of Prussian Enlightenment and opponent of Machiavelli’s
Prince as Frederick the Great was able to play the crucial role in the revival of
the theory of Reason of State in Prussia. In spite of later criticism for ruining
the First Reich, the main achievement of the famous Prussian king for the
19th century nationalist movement in Germany was creation of strong state
suitable for serving as a tool of the absolutist ruler in his competition with all
the contemporary great powers of Europe and as a political model for building
the Second Reich.
Ključne riječi
Enlightenment; Reason of State; absolutism; nationalism; state; Prussia
Hrčak ID:
145952
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.9.2011.
Posjeta: 2.836 *