Ľudovít Štúr – o trvácnosti romantického vodcovstva
Ľudovít Štúr – on the Permanence of Romantic Leadership
Author(s): Juraj BuzalkaSubject(s): Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: leadership; Romanticism; Ľudovít Štúr; nationalism; conspiracies;
Summary/Abstract: The essay aims to describe some popular patterns of romantic leadership in Slovakia through the example of the continuing popularity of the image of Ľudovít Štúr, leader of the Slovak national movement. The main argument is that the image of a romantic leader fighting against “foreign” plots is not only the product of the social organisation of post-socialist Slovak politics or the effect of bucolic Slovak nationalism, but that the image of the leader as a social actor, his self-presentation and story, reproduced across political-economic regimes, influence the permanent popularity of romantic leadership in Slovakia.
Journal: Slovenský národopis
- Issue Year: 65/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 65-76
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Slovak