Antagonism between the Serbs and the Croats in Ivo Pilar’s Geopolitical Concept Cover Image

Српско-хрватски ривалитет у геополитичкој концепцији Иве Пилара
Antagonism between the Serbs and the Croats in Ivo Pilar’s Geopolitical Concept

Author(s): Nebojša Vuković
Subject(s): Epistemology, Political Philosophy, History of ideas, Contemporary Philosophy, Nationalism Studies, Geopolitics
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: the Serbs; the Croats; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Orthodox creed; Catholicism; Byzantium;

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes and explains the perception of the antagonism between the Serbian and the Croatian nations in the work written by famous Croatian (geo)political scientist Ivo Pilar (1874-1933). Apart from this, the paper analyzes the historical circumstances in which Pilar’s work of a publicist and scientist was being developed, assesses the influence his publications had on the shaping of the ideology of the Ustasha movement and the topicality of his theses in the 21st century and the current (geo)political circumstances in the Balkans. While researching Pilar’s work, a special emphasis is put on the geopolitical dimension of the antagonism between the Serbs and the Croats.

  • Issue Year: 3/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 143-163
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Serbian