Pravaška misao i politika
Party of Right’s Thought and Politics
Contributor(s): Jasna Turkalj (Editor), Zlatko Matijević (Editor), Stjepan Matković (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Between Berlin Congress and WW I, Historical revisionism
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Croatian Party of Right; Ante Starčević; Ivo Pilar; Party of Right; Frano Supilo, Josip Frank; Independent State of Croatia; Juraj Tomac; Rightist Movement
Summary/Abstract: With contributions by Zlatko Hasanbegović, Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević, Stjepan Matković, Jure Krišto, Marko Trogrlić, Zoran Grijak, Zlatko Matijević, Srećko Lipovčan, Ivica Miškulin, Mario Jareb, Goran Ante Blažeković
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-953-6324-61-3
- Page Count: 354
- Publication Year: 2007
- Language: Croatian
Umjesto predgovora
Umjesto predgovora
(Preface)
- Author(s):Jasna Turkalj, Zlatko Matijević, Stjepan Matković
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I
- Page Range:11-15
- No. of Pages:5
- Summary/Abstract:Nakon sloma političkih ideja koje su iznjedrile revolucionarna gibanja 1848./49. u zemljama je Habsburške Monarhije uveden režim neoapsolutizma, kojim je car i kralj Franjo Josip I., između ostaloga, kaznio buntovne Mađare, a “nagradio” sebi odane Hrvate. U neoapsolutističkom razdoblju, poznatome i kao Bachov apsolutizam, koje je potrajalo gotovo punih deset godina, mogu se pronaći početci pravaštva.
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Dr. Ante Starčević: u povodu 110. obljetnice smrti (1823. – 1896.)
Dr. Ante Starčević: u povodu 110. obljetnice smrti (1823. – 1896.)
(Dr Ante Starčević, on the 110th anniversar y of his death
(1823-1896))
- Author(s):Marijan Diklić
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, 19th Century
- Page Range:17-27
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:On the 110th anniversary of death of Dr Ante Starčević, a great figure of Croatian statehood and “Father of the Fatherland”, the author gives a brief overview concerning his life, education and political activities of this distinguished Croat. Starčević created Croatian radical national integration ideology and founded Party of Right. He was the most important member of that party and throughout his life he used all his intellectual and other capabilities in the struggle for united, free, sovereign and independent Croatia. This struggle was directed primarily against Austria and Hungary, but also against all other who wanted to rule over Croatia. Starčević based his political activities mostly on the historical Croatian right to achieve their state, but he also accepted the natural right of all nations to achieve self-determination and to create their own national state. For Starčević an independent national state, in this case a Croatian one, was a basis for the development of spirit of a nation. Through its independent state a nation achieves its creative spirit and its and its creative strength and capabilities.
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Prilog istraživanju pravaškog pokreta 1880-ih
Prilog istraživanju pravaškog pokreta 1880-ih
(A Contribution to the study of the Rightist Movement in the 1880s)
- Author(s):Jasna Turkalj
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, 19th Century, Between Berlin Congress and WW I, Historical revisionism
- Page Range:29-63
- No. of Pages:35
- Summary/Abstract:Following the failure of the uprising in Rakovica in 1871 and its temporary disappearance from public life, the Party of Right resumed its active involvement in Croatian politics in 1878. Unlike the period before 1871, when a small circle of likeminded men had gathered around A. Starčević and E. Kvaternik, in the new circumstances the Rightist ideas spread broadly and grew into the basis of a nationalist movement. Representing the programme of an independent Croatian state outside of the Habsburg Monarchy even after 1878, the leaders of the Party of Right vehemently criticized the conditions created in Croatia by the 1868 constitutional agreement with Budapest and the opportunism and weakness of first the Mažuranić government, and then the government of Ladislav Pejačević. A steadily growing number of almost all of the disaffected from all strata in Croatian society gathered under the umbrella of the Party of Right. The elections to the Croatian Parliament in 1881, 1883, and 1884, which were all conducted in the face of open intimidation by the ruling regime, clearly showed the strength of the Rightist movement, as well as its tactics during the repressive rule of Ban Khuen (1887). Archival sources, the political press (both official and opposition), which is related to the pre-election activities, and the results of the elections offers a variety of data which contributes to a more complete picture of the Rightist movement. This paper will present, in chronological order, the results of analysis of sources which show the territorial extent (the gradual spread of Rightist influence throughout Civil Croatia and the former Military Frontier) and professional structure of the leadership of the Party of Right, that is, the representatives sent to the Croatian Parliament during the 1880s.
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Hrvatski klub i nastanak Stranke prava u Dalmaciji
Hrvatski klub i nastanak Stranke prava u Dalmaciji
(The Croat Club and the formation of the Party of Right in Dalmatia)
- Author(s):Marina Diklić
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, 19th Century, Between Berlin Congress and WW I
- Page Range:65-86
- No. of Pages:22
- Summary/Abstract:Dissatisfaction with the politics of the National Party in Dalmatia, which played an important part in the national awakening in Dalmatia, appeared at the end of the 1870s, and culminated at the end of the 1880s and beginning of the 1890s. At the head of the politically disaffected, those who tended to be especially oriented toward Croatian nationalism and Rightist ideas, was first and foremost Don Mihovil Pavlinović, and after his death in 1887, Don Juraj Biankini. At the end of the 1880s and the beginning of the 1890s, several conflicts broke out among the members of the National Party which led to a change in its name to the National Croatian Party in 1889 and even to a split in the party in 1892. Disappointed by a lack of success in economic and political affairs a group of National Party representatives led by Biankini decided to break from the Representative Club of the old National Croatian Party and form their own club, the Croat Club. At the beginning of the 1890s a process began in Dalmatia whereby all the Rightists and the Rightist oriented groups began to unify into a united Party of Right. The main instigators of the process were Don Ivo Prodan, who led the religious- Rightist grouping, and Dr. Ante Trumbić and Frano Supilo, who led the liberal Rightist grouping. They would soon be joined by Biankini’s Croat club, which took upon itself the task of key organizer, leading ultimately to the unification of all three Dalmatian Rightist groupings and the formation of a Party of Right in Zadar in 1894. The President of the Croat Club, J. Kazimir Ljubić, became the first president of the newly established Dalmatian Party of Right.
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Islam i muslimani u pravaškoj ideologiji: o pokušaju gradnje “pravaške” džamije u Zagrebu 1908.
Islam i muslimani u pravaškoj ideologiji: o pokušaju gradnje “pravaške” džamije u Zagrebu 1908.
(Islam and Muslims in Rightist Ideology)
- Author(s):Zlatko Hasanbegović
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):History, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Islam studies, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I, History of Islam
- Page Range:87-96
- No. of Pages:10
- Summary/Abstract:The attitude toward Islam and Muslims is one of the foundations of Rightist political-national ideology. It was framed in terms of the reality of the so-called Eastern Question in the second half of the 19th century, and as a key component of the Rightist concept of a multi-religious Croatian nation. The father of the Rightist attitude to Islam and Bosnian Muslims was the founder of the Party of Right, A. Starčević, who in his writings on the complexity of the Eastern Question compared the demonization of Islam and the Ottoman state in the ideology of Croatian Yugoslavism with the moral and social bases of Islamic teaching as well as an idealized view of the Bosnian Muslim aristocracy and the main Ottoman social and legalpolitical institutions. J. Frank and his Pure Party of Right held the same attitude toward Islam and the Muslims because in religious and cultural matters they faithfully followed the original Rightist liberal programme, taking a stand against religious exclusivism, the conflation of religion and nationality, and a politics founded upon confessional principles. Rightist liberal nationalism freed of all confessional ingredients magnetically drew the first post-Ottoman Bosnian Muslim intellectual generation infused with the ideal of harmonizing Islamic traditions and the main currents of modernism.
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Jedan pogled na gospodarsku aktivnost pravaških vođa od 1861. do 1914. godine
Jedan pogled na gospodarsku aktivnost pravaških vođa od 1861. do 1914. godine
(A look at the economic activity of the leadership of the Party of Right , 1861-1914)
- Author(s):Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):History, Economic history, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I
- Page Range:97-123
- No. of Pages:27
- Summary/Abstract:Rightist economic activity changed from case to case; it was strongly influenced by the regulations of the Croat-Hungarian Agreement of 1868. The article divides the economic management of the Party of Right into three time periods: 1. 1861-1871. Kvaternik writes his well known work Hrvatski glavničar (Croatian Capitalist) which points to the necessity of creating domestic capital and stimulating its growth with a stock exchange. His ideas did not find fertile ground because the members of the party did not recognize their importance. 2. 1878-1894 Following the quiet that descended upon Rightist ranks after the Rakovica uprising of 1871, the party activists returned to the political stage in 1878. Until 1890, F. Folnegović was the most important individual in the party concerned with economic matters. His efforts enabled the publication of official party organs and the construction of the Starčević Dom (Starčević House). 3. 1895-1914 In 1890, J. Frank joined the Party of Right. Even though he never established a particular economic programme for strengthening the Pure Party of Right, he can largely be credited for the fact that the coffers of the Party began to receive important contributions which he invested into party activities, but which he also used to initiate the development of industry and banking (for e.g., “Danica” in Koprivnica). During the term of P. Rauch as Ban, work was begun on establishing a Department of Economy for the Land Government, which in 1914 resulted in the creation of the fourth branch of this government, the Department of National Economy, which, even if it came too late, changed the very nature of the Croat-Hungarian Agreement.
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Između starog i modernog pravaštva
Između starog i modernog pravaštva
(‘Modern Rightism ’ – The Modernization of the Party of Right)
- Author(s):Stjepan Matković
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, 19th Century, Between Berlin Congress and WW I
- Page Range:125-141
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:This paper examines the changes which took place in the Party of Right’s approach at the end of the 19th century. The appearance of new leaders in the party (J. Frank and his collaborators) and the gradual departure of the older generation, above all A. Starčević, brought about certain changes in the tactics of the Rightists. The Party of Right’s change in direction was influenced by forces outside of the party: the constitutional system created by the Croat-Hungarian Agreement of 1868, the crisis of Dualism, the situation in the Croatian opposition, and the change in foreign policy direction. The term ‘modern Rightism’ was first coined by opponents of the Party of Right, who wanted to belabour the new Rightists with blame for divesting themselves of authentic Starčevićism. Modern Rightism certainly transformed its approach, but not in a negative sense. Its proponents accepted modernization in the political field, and tailored their political tactics to developments in Austria-Hungary. Political modernization meant setting up an organized party structure and accepting the challenges posed by the democratization of the political system. This set in motion a reciprocal process, because while democratization created the possibility for mass parties, the creation of such a party also necessitated good organization (administration, programme, statutory documents, membership, regular financial support, promotion, a network of associations, etc.). Nevertheless, adherents of modern Rightism remained faithful to the traditions of Rightist ideology established on the basis of furthering Croatian State Right and Croatian national identity. Modern Rightists (mostly followers of J. Frank, or Frankists), supported the solution of the Croatian national question within the Habsburg Monarchy, because they estimated that within its framework they could realize specific political aims and enable the economic development of Croatia.
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Kad pravaši pođu različitim putovima: Frano Supilo i Josip Frank o “novom kursu”
Kad pravaši pođu različitim putovima: Frano Supilo i Josip Frank o “novom kursu”
(Frano Supilo and Josip Frank on the “New Course ” and on the Rijeka Resolution of 1905)
- Author(s):Jure Krišto
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I
- Page Range:143-165
- No. of Pages:23
- Summary/Abstract:The duality of Croatian political ideology, which in its most important aspects remains today, dates back to the 19th century. This duality did not develop into overt antagonism while the members of the National Party and the adherents of Starčević represented the opposing sides, but the antagonism becomes very apparent – and consequently fateful – from the time of the various fissures in the Rightist ranks. The antagonism in Croatian political ideology can be illustrated by comparing the ideological positions and political programmes of F. Supilo, a former Rightist, and J. Frank, a consistent, even if a somewhat radicalized and calculating Rightist. Their personal clash and the opposing quality of their respective ideologies culminated in the context of the promulgation of the Rijeka Resolution and the creation of the Croato-Serb Coalition. This review article begins by outlining the situation on the Croatian political scene in order to emphasize the unique quality of the political and ideological clash between Supilo and Frank. The next part of the review takes a look at their direct confrontation in the news reporting around the politics of the “New Course” and the Rijeka Resolution. The article ends by presenting some conclusions which should help in understanding Croatian political and ideological antagonisms in the era that followed and which are still apparent today.
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Hrvatska i “hrvatsko pitanje” u korespondenciji Josipa Franka i Moritza von Auffenberg-Komarowa (1908. - 1910.)
Hrvatska i “hrvatsko pitanje” u korespondenciji Josipa Franka i Moritza von Auffenberg-Komarowa (1908. - 1910.)
(Croatia and ‘the Croat Question’ in the correspondence of Josip Frank and Moritz von Auffenberg -Komarow (1908-1910))
- Author(s):Marko Trogrlić
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
- Page Range:167-180
- No. of Pages:14
- Summary/Abstract:The political activity of J. Frank, the leader of the Pure Party of Right, especially after the introduction of the “Rijeka Resolution” (1905), was characterized by the so-called Vienna orientation, that is, a policy directed toward the leading diplomatic and military circles in Vienna. This orientation was motivated by the hope that they could contribute to a positive resolution of ‘the Croat Question.’ M. Von Auffenberg-Komarow, a senior military officer and member of the so-called greater Austrian circle, occupied an important position in Frank’s “Vienna orientation.” It is indeed not unimportant that through this connection the leader of the “pure” Rightists had direct contact to the Austrian Chief of Staff, F. Conrad von Hotzendorf. In Auffenberg’s papers, saved in the War Archives in Vienna, some thirty letters from Frank to Auffenberg exist from the period 1908 to 1910. Frank’s correspondence with Auffenberg represents an interesting source of information about the political situation in Croatia. From them one can observe the political activity of not only Frank and his colleagues, but also about their political opponents. From the letters, one can glean Frank’s view of the dynasty and the Monarchy, his political attitude, as well as his expectations of the leaders of Dualist circles in Vienna and Budapest as regards the satisfaction of Croat interests and an acceptable solution to ‘Croat Question’ within the framework of the Monarchy. The question of Bosnia and Hercegovina, before and after its annexation, likewise found its way on to the pages of Frank’s letters to Auffenberg. The archived correspondence between Frank and Auffenberg also contains some letters to Auffenberg from Frank’s sons Vladimir and Ivo, as well as Count J. Drašković, who were also in contact with him.
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Doprinos vrhbosanskog nadbiskupa dr. Josipa Stadlera djelovanju Stranke prava u Bosni i Hercegovini tijekom Prvoga svjetskog rata
Doprinos vrhbosanskog nadbiskupa dr. Josipa Stadlera djelovanju Stranke prava u Bosni i Hercegovini tijekom Prvoga svjetskog rata
(The Contribution of the Bosnian Archbishop Josip Stadler to the work of the Party of Right in Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Author(s):Zoran Grijak
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
- Page Range:181-211
- No. of Pages:31
- Summary/Abstract:After the annexation of Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1908, a number of prominent Bosnian and Hercegovinian Croats founded the Starčević Club of the Croatian Party of Right in Sarajevo in 1909. It emphasized its adherence to Starčević’s programme, but in its ties to parties in Croatia favoured the Frankists. There never was an exclusively Rightist party formed in Bosnia and Hercegovina, despite the fact that some of the key Rightist platforms were included in the programme of the Croat National Community established in 1906 and the Croat Catholic Association founded in 1910. The final meeting of the leadership of the united Party of Right in Opatija in March 1913, where one of the most important issues raised was the attitude to the First Balkan War, was attended by members of the Administrative Board from Bosnia and Hercegovina, including the Sarajevo lawyers Nikola Mandić and Jozo Sunarić, the architect Josip Vancaš, while among those who sent their regrets were one of the founders of the Muslim Progressive Party (1908), Ademaga Mešić, Archbishop Josip Stadler, and others. Archbishop Stadler, however, was not in fact a member of the Administrative Board but one of the founders of Rightist activity and a key organizer in Bosnia and Hercegovina, even though due to his position as a Church dignitary he could not compromise himself among the leaders of political parties. He accepted the Rightist programme of 1894 which contained the aim of attaching Bosnia and Hercegovina to Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia. He sought political support from Frank’s Pure Party of Right in Zagreb and the greater Austrian circle which had formed in 1905 around the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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Politika i sudbina: dr. Ivo Pilar i njegova borba za samostojnost hrvatskog naroda
Politika i sudbina: dr. Ivo Pilar i njegova borba za samostojnost hrvatskog naroda
(Politics and Fate : Dr. Ivo Pilar and his struggle for the independence of the Croats)
- Author(s):Zlatko Matijević
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Cultural history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
- Page Range:213-243
- No. of Pages:31
- Summary/Abstract:Dr. Ivo Pilar was born in Zagreb, where he also died in unclear circumstances. He completed legal studies in Vienna. From 1905 on, he owned a law firm, first in Tuzla, then in Zagreb. Even in his younger days, he evinced an interest in the problem of artistic creation in a broader social context (Secession). As a political and politically engaged publicist, he wrote in German and Croatian, often using a pseudonym (Dr. Juričić, L. von Sudland, and Florian Lichttrager). He became actively involved in political life, co-founding the Hrvatska Narodna Zajednica (Croatian National Union) in 1910 and the Frankist Party of Right in Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1918. In his political activities and writings he strove for the best solution to guarantee the national existence of the Croats within the Central European geopolitical space. The political leadership of the Monarchy did not comprehend the important results of his insights concerning a possible solution to the Croatian question within the wider context of the vitally important “South Slav Question” (Die Sudslawische Frage und der Weltkrieg). In the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Pilar became a persona non grata due to his political beliefs and was legally persecuted (1921-1922). During the next decade he maintained secret contacts with the most important Croatian politicians. His violent death brought to an end not only his surreptitious political work, but also his scholarly and theoretical studies.
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Relevantnost Matoševih sudova o Anti Starčeviću
Relevantnost Matoševih sudova o Anti Starčeviću
(The Relevance of Matoš ’ Judgments of Ante Starčević – today)
- Author(s):Srećko Lipovčan
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political Theory, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
- Page Range:245-261
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:Among those writers who were not members of the Party of Right but rather supporters of Rightist ideas, the work of poets, essayists and publicists, A.G. Matoš was certainly among the first in that he wrote the most about Rightist ideas – and especially A. Starčević – and that he wrote informatively, lucidly, and critically, revealing on this issue, one of his favourite ‘themes,’ his determinately free, independent spirit. A. G. Matoš always wrote about A. Starčević respectfully, but here and there with a casual turn of phrase that was all-encompassing, he described, interpreted, and judged the various levels (about Starčević, the man and his nature, about his qualities as a leader, about his fallacies, about the inadequate interpretations of his learning, about his importance as an ideologue, about the consequences of his obstinate assertion that he was “not concerned with practical politics,” etc.). If Matoš’ rather numerous fragments on Starčević published over the course of two decades were collected into one text, this would be the most widespread study of him that was ever written. Matoš’ starčevićiana, mentioned in passing, has rarely received systematic analysis, so it is presented in this article in its basic terms of reference, in the constancy of Matoš’ undertakings for freedom (the liberal idea of his but not our time!) as the universal denominator for general development of reality toward the speediest modernization of Croatian society possible. It is interesting to note that Pilar’s (incomplete) study of A. Starčević, begun after 1918 but conceived as a part of ageneral plan as one of the first theoreticians of our modernization – was in large part, in particular its criticism of Starčević’s political efforts, inspired by Matoš’ writings.
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Pravaš i svećenik – skica za portret Jurja Tomca
Pravaš i svećenik – skica za portret Jurja Tomca
(Rightist and Priest – outline for a portrait of the life of Juraj Tomac)
- Author(s):Ivica Miškulin
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
- Page Range:263-275
- No. of Pages:13
- Summary/Abstract:Juraj Tomac (1866-1930), a Catholic priest and Rightist, is an example of “a man from humble origins” who played an important part in the political life of the Croatian nation in the period from the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century. He was an individual who combined within himself a belief in the Catholic Church and a great dedication to the struggle of the Croat people for independence. This article describes Tomac’s contribution to State Right ideology generally, as well as his relationship to the leaders of the various fractions of the Party of Right (A. Starčević, M. Starčević, J. Frank, etc.). Because of his political activities, Tomac was constantly in conflict with the ruling authorities, first with those of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and later with those of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which led on two occasions to his incarceration. Tomac’s activities did not receive a great deal of support from his superiors in the Catholic hierarchy either, so he was often forced to move and change positions. As a convinced Rightist, he was often in conflict with adherents of Radić’s peasant movement. Despite all tribulations, Tomac remained committed to his political beliefs until the end of his life.
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Hrvatski nacionalisti i djelo Ante Starčevića od atentata u Marseilleu do uspostave Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (1934. - 1941.)
Hrvatski nacionalisti i djelo Ante Starčevića od atentata u Marseilleu do uspostave Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (1934. - 1941.)
(Croatian nationalists and the legacy of Ante Starčević : from the assassination in Marseilles to the formation of the Independent State Croatia (1934-1941))
- Author(s):Mario Jareb
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
- Page Range:277-298
- No. of Pages:22
- Summary/Abstract:Croatian nationalists during the second half of the 1930s normally presented themselves as followers of Starčević’s thought. Nevertheless, important differences existed among them, thus even public interpretations of Starčevićism were quite different. From 1936 on, a large number of nationalists gathered in the Croatian cultural- educational and cooperative society “Ante Starčević” in Zagreb. This society organized several lectures, whose aim was the affirmation of Starčević’s ideas in the Croatian public sphere. While the majority of the membership accepted Starčević exclusively as the promoter of the idea of a free and independent Croatian state, others, a minority, attempted to tie his ideas to the contemporary totalitarian ideas current in Hitler’s Germany. In this regard, Dr. S. Buć and his circle of likeminded followers stand out. They soon came into conflict with the majority of Croatian nationalists. In this period, the group supporting A. Pavelić (lawyer) and his Ustaša organization are the best particular example. They likewise relied on Starčević’s ideas, interpreting Ustašism as their practical application of them. Nationalistically oriented students also supported the ideas of Starčević. The majority were organized in the cultural and academic society “August Šenoa.” Generally, it can be said that, Croatian nationalists in the period from 1934 to the formation of the Independent State of Croatia in 1941 showed their inclination to the ideas of Starčević. Yet the particular affiliation of specific political groupings was overlooked as was the lack of unity in terms of the interpretation of the content of Starčević’s ideas.
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Hrvatska stranka prava 1990. godine: obnova, djelovanje i uzroci raskola
Hrvatska stranka prava 1990. godine: obnova, djelovanje i uzroci raskola
(The Croatian Party of Right – 1990: Renewal , Activity , and
the Cause of the Split)
- Author(s):Goran Ante Blažeković
- Language:Croatian
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
- Page Range:301-318
- No. of Pages:18
- Summary/Abstract:With the coming of democratic elections in 1990, Croats of Rightist political orientation believed that is was necessary to renew the Croatian Party of Right (Hrvatska Stranka Prava – HSP) as the oldest Croatian party. It was originally founded in 1881 by Dr. A. Starčević and E. Kvaternik, but was banned after the royal dictatorship was proclaimed on 6 January 1929. They felt that the Party of Right in Starčević’s time was well ahead of its time, but that due to its ideology based on Croatian state right and statehood, was indeed more than necessary and modern. On 25 February 1990, at the Reform Congress held at no. 23 Jurevska Street in Zagreb, twelve Rightists renewed the HSP, reintroducing it to the Croatian political stage. The HSP was at the time the only party in Croatia which in its programme did not mention the as of yet internationally recognized Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; it also spoke of Croatian right to the whole of its historical and ethnic territory. It was too late for the HSP to stand independently in the elections of April 1990, but nonetheless the party stood with the Croatian democratic block, instead of the rather dubious Coalition of National Understanding. As well, the party worked enthusiastically in Croatian political life through its party paper “Croatian Right.” The restorers of the HSP had good intentions when they chose a president for the party who lived abroad (in the U.S.). When the president of the party, D. Paraga, returned to Croatia in August 1990, a number of developments took place which brought about a split in the party ranks. After overcoming this internal crisis, the HSP survived on the Croatian political scene and went on to assume a leading role among Croatian political parties.
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