Jací jsou Slované? České představy o slovanské povaze v 19. a první polovině 20. století

• Authors: Brummer Alexandr

Title variants

EN

WHAT ARE THE SLAVS LIKE? CZECH IMAGE OF THE SLAVIC NATURE IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Self-determination towards the Germans, Germany and the German national consciousness based on a concept of the opposite German nature presented a constant in the Czech national discourse of the 19the and the first half of the 20th century, which was a traditionally emerging auto-stereotype of the Slavic 'dove' nature. An important feature of this idea, especially in the first half of the 19th century, was compensation of cultural insufficiency which they experienced: absence of 'great' history connected with wars and subjugation of foreign territories was partly a historically compensated by an emphasis on the Slavs' own 'peacefulness' connected with enforcement of Herder's concept of universal humanity. From the late 19th century, contemplation on the Slavic nature can be divided into two lines: pseudo-scientific and sociological line connected with natural sciences and geographical determinism and the older idealistic line operating with facts concerning history, culture and ideas. Both approaches refer to a different concept of the nation, which was specified by utterly different values such as idea, programme or substance and existence. Despite this fundamental difference, their outcomes were of a similar nature; they had a similar identifying and ideological function, pointed to the national present or future time and demanded an alternative to historicism. The stereotype of the 'peaceful' Slavic nature played an important role in attempts to formulate political and cultural programmes based on the idea of Slavic affinity.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY; NATIONAL CHARACTER; NATIONAL IDENTITY; ROMANTICISM; SLAVISM; SLAVONIC STUDIES; SLAVS; STEREOTYPE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 281-301
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Brummer Alexandr

• Alexandr Brummer, Filozoficka fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Arna Novaka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA09933