Exploring the Slovak history in the „long 19th century” Cover Image

Sondy do slovenských dejín v dlhom 19. storočí
Exploring the Slovak history in the „long 19th century”

Contributor(s): Jozef Hupka (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Economy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Architecture, Energy and Environmental Studies, Sociology, Economic history, Political history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Culture and social structure , Family and social welfare, Nationalism Studies, 19th Century, Socio-Economic Research, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Slovakia; history; 19th century; nation; nationalism; identity; modernisation; politics; foreign policy; juridical system; economic issues; social life; church; Vienna court; Cameralism; architecture;
Summary/Abstract: The book presents the results of new research in Slovak history in the field or period called “the long 19th century”, i.e. dating from the rule of Joseph II. in the late 18th century until the First World War. The focus of research was on the themes and domains which were either neglected in the past or needed reconsidering. The book centres on five fields and is composed of five chapters. The first chapter is called “The Nation and the national issue”. It presents new aspects by exploring one of the most principal themes of 19th century. In his study, László Vörös reflects about the modern concept of the nation, which won recognition by the most contemporary historians, ethnologists and sociologists: the nation as an imagined community and an imagined tradition which is connected with the modernisation epoch. Nationalism is specifically an urban phenomenon. In the Slovak historiography, the national movement had been explored mostly in the rural area, in the peasant milieu, because the majority of the Slovak ethnic population was composed of peasants. Eva Kowalská aimed to change this perspective and concentrated on explaining urban aspects of Slovak nationalism. In case of Slovakia, these aspects are more interesting since the Slovaks in the 19th century had no important central city, and only small towns in the countryside (like Turčiansky Sv. Martin), had tried to compensate this lack. In his contribution, Peter Macho summarises how the symbol of the Tatra mountains as well as other Slovak geographic-territorial symbols were present in the Slovak nationalist discourse. Peter Šoltés elaborates on the theme and the activities of the Slovak Evangelical intelligentsia in the first half of the 19th century. The second chapter “The National movement in foreign and domestic politics” deals with the important connection of nationalism and politics. Slovak foreign political thought was traditionally orientated toward the Russian Empire. In his contribution, Dušan Kováč shows the other side of the Slovak foreign orientation: their attitude to the Western powers England and France. Dušan Škvarna attempts at a reconsideration of the role and inspiring function of the Slovak National Council, established during the 1848 revolution. The Swiss political scientist Josette Baer, a specialist in the field of Slavonic and lately mainly of Slovak political thought, presents her analysis of the early political activities of Vavro Šrobár (an important personality of Slovak politics in the 20th century), especially his leading role in the so-called “Hlasist movement”. The third chapter is dedicated to the juridical system and economic issues. Tomáš Gábriš presents a very useful survey of the juridical system in Hungary and its changes in the era of modernization during the 19th century. His paper shows that in Hungary the tendency to modernize was clashing with very difficult obstacles, mainly ideological and political ones. The attempt to create the centralised “nation state” in Hungary restrained the most important liberal-democratic reforms of the juridical system. In her contribution, Eva Ondrušová deals with the traditional studies of economic cameralism and its influence on the economic theory and practise in the 19th century. Ľudovít Hallon and Miroslav Sabol follow the history of the Pittel and Brausewetter architectural company, which was much closely connected with and active in the very broad Pressburg (Bratislava) area. Very new themes are presented in the forth chapter named “Society, social life and environment”. Gabriela Dudeková outlines the system of poor relief in the Habsburg monarchy; her focus is on the mechanisms how the authorities denied social care to specific groups in Hungary. Slovak emigration to America is a very traditional issue in Slovak historiography. Igor Harušťák tries to consider this problem in the broader Central- and East-European context. Prior to 1989, research about the nobility as a social strata was neglected in Slovak historiography. Even after 1989, this theme was intensively researched mainly in the period of middle ages and the early modern times. However, from the social point of view, important and interesting issues are e. g. the nobility’s life style as well as the attempts of these “high society” members to preserve their status in the modern 19th century. Daniel Hupko deals with these issues focussing on the example of Lucia Wilczek. Roman Holec presents a completely new approach in his contribution about the changes in the relationship ‘man – animal’ as manifestation of a new attitude to nature during the 19th century. The last chapter of this volume is dedicated to “The Churches in the social – modernizing processes “.Ingrid Kušniráková analyses the controversial interferences of Joseph II. into the life of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the closing-down of some cloisters. Tomáš Králik focuses on the relations of the Vienna court to the St. Elisabeth convent in Pressburg (Bratislava). The chapters of this collective monograph will serve as a basis for the draft of a new synthetis on Slovak history in the “long 19th century”.

  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-80-971540-1-1
  • Page Count: 341
  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Language: Slovak, English
Úvod

Úvod
(Introduction)

Ako existujú sociálne entity? Metodologické poznámky k žánru národných dejín (19. a 20. storočie)

Ako existujú sociálne entity? Metodologické poznámky k žánru národných dejín (19. a 20. storočie)
(How social entities exist? Some methodological remarks on national history genre (19th and 20th centuries))

Problémy mestského sveta: Mestá a ich význam na prahu národného hnutia Slovákov

Problémy mestského sveta: Mestá a ich význam na prahu národného hnutia Slovákov
(Problems of urban world: Towns and their relevance on the threshold of the Slovaks national movement)

Premeny symbolickej funkcie Tatier v nacionalistickom diskurze 19. storočia

Premeny symbolickej funkcie Tatier v nacionalistickom diskurze 19. storočia
(Changes in Tatra’s symbolic role in the nationalistic discourse in the 19th century)

Národnopolitické koncepcie slovenských evanjelikov v prvej polovici „dlhého“ 19. storočia

Národnopolitické koncepcie slovenských evanjelikov v prvej polovici „dlhého“ 19. storočia
(The national-political concepts of Slovak Evangelicsin the first half of the long 19th century)

Anglicko a Francúzsko v slovenskom zahraničnopolickom myslení.

Anglicko a Francúzsko v slovenskom zahraničnopolickom myslení.
(England and France in the Slovak foreign political thought)

Slovenská národná rada z roku 1848 a jej inšpiračná rola

Slovenská národná rada z roku 1848 a jej inšpiračná rola
(The Slovak National Council from 1848 and its inspiring function)

The Adversities of Patriotism. Vavro Šrobár’s early years in Ružomberok. An interdisciplinary inquiry into Slovak politics prior to WWI

The Adversities of Patriotism. Vavro Šrobár’s early years in Ružomberok. An interdisciplinary inquiry into Slovak politics prior to WWI
(The Adversities of Patriotism. Vavro Šrobár’s early years in Ružomberok. An interdisciplinary inquiry into Slovak politics prior to WWI)

Modernizácia uhorského právneho poriadku v 19. storočí

Modernizácia uhorského právneho poriadku v 19. storočí
(Modernization of the Hungarian juridical system in the 19th century)

Kameralistika v teórii a praxi: prípad Habsburskej monarchie

Kameralistika v teórii a praxi: prípad Habsburskej monarchie
(Cameralism in the theory and praxis. The case of Habsburg monarchy)

Staviteľská firma Pittel a Brausewetter v hospodársko-technickom a kultúrnom vývoji na území Slovenska 1867 – 1918

Staviteľská firma Pittel a Brausewetter v hospodársko-technickom a kultúrnom vývoji na území Slovenska 1867 – 1918
(Architectural company Pittel and Brauswetter in the economic-technical and cultural development in the Slovak territory (1867 – 1918))

Právo alebo milosrdenstvo? Domovská príslušnosť ako základný princíp sociálnej starostlivosti v Uhorsku.

Právo alebo milosrdenstvo? Domovská príslušnosť ako základný princíp sociálnej starostlivosti v Uhorsku.
(Right, or charity? Domicile as a basic principle of social care in Hungary)

Príspevok k diskurzu o dejinách slovenského vysťahovalectva: Migračné impulzy a vysťahovalectvo z hornouhorských žúp na americký kontinent v kontexte migračných pohybov v regióne strednej a východnej Európy v poslednej štvrtine 19. storočia.

Príspevok k diskurzu o dejinách slovenského vysťahovalectva: Migračné impulzy a vysťahovalectvo z hornouhorských žúp na americký kontinent v kontexte migračných pohybov v regióne strednej a východnej Európy v poslednej štvrtine 19. storočia.
(The contribution to the discourse about the emigration. Migration impulses and the emigration from the upper-Hungarian counties to the American Continent in context of the central and east European migration movements in the last quarter of the 19th)

Rodina ako garancia udržania sociálneho statusu aristokracie v druhej polovici 19. storočia. Pokus o náčrt na príklade Lucie Wilczekovej (1862 – 1958)

Rodina ako garancia udržania sociálneho statusu aristokracie v druhej polovici 19. storočia. Pokus o náčrt na príklade Lucie Wilczekovej (1862 – 1958)
(Family as safeguard for preserving of a nobiliary social status in the second half of the 19th century. An attempt of a sketching on an example of Lucia Wilczek (1862 – 1958))

Zmeny vo vzťahu „človek – zviera“ ako prejav nových postojov k prírode

Zmeny vo vzťahu „človek – zviera“ ako prejav nových postojov k prírode
(The changes in the relationship “man – animal” as manifestation of the new attitude to the nature)

Reštriktívne opatrenia štátnej moci voči rehoľným inštitúciám v čase panovania Jozefa II.

Reštriktívne opatrenia štátnej moci voči rehoľným inštitúciám v čase panovania Jozefa II.
(The state power restrictive measures towards the monastic institutions during the Joseph II. rule)

Vzťah viedenského dvora ku kláštoru sv. Alžbety v Prešporku (Bratislave)

Vzťah viedenského dvora ku kláštoru sv. Alžbety v Prešporku (Bratislave)
(The Vienna court relationship to the St. Elisabeth convent in Pressbourg (Bratislava))

Exploring the Slovak history in the „long 19th century”. - Summary.

Exploring the Slovak history in the „long 19th century”. - Summary.
(Exploring the Slovak history in the „long 19th century”. - Summary.)

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