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Political Transformations in the Interwar Period: The Case of Slovenian Political Thought
Get PDFPolitical Transformations in the Interwar Period: The Case of Slovenian Political Thought, edited by Isidora Grubački and Marko Zajc, is a scholarly reader produced within the Political History Program at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana. The volume presents English translations of sixteen primary sources of Slovenian political thought from the interwar period, selected by nine contributing authors. Each source is accompanied by a biographical note on the author and a contextual introduction situating the text within its historical, political, and intellectual setting.
The reader grew out of a collaborative workshop held in Ljubljana in April 2024, where specialists in the history of political thought in East Central Europe discussed possible source selections and their broader relevance. Rather than offering a comprehensive overview, the editors explicitly aimed to move beyond a simplified historiographic division of interwar Slovenian political thought into Catholic, liberal, and Marxist camps. Contributors were encouraged to contextualize the selected texts within wider Yugoslav and transnational frameworks and to reflect current research interests in the field. The resulting selection highlights political thought as a dynamic response to profound transformations brought about by the collapse of empires, the formation of new states, and the crisis of liberal parliamentary systems in the interwar years. The volume also reflects recent methodological trends, including an expanded definition of political thought, a broader range of source types, and attention to themes that have previously received limited attention in Slovenian national historiography.
The sixteen annotated primary sources together map the diversity of Slovenian political thought in the interwar period and its entanglement with Yugoslav and transnational debates. The selection spans agrarian, socialist, communist, liberal, republican, Catholic, and feminist traditions, addressing central themes such as the agrarian and social questions (Jože Srebrnič, Dragotin Godina), republicanism and socialism (Albin Prepeluh, Etbin Kristan), and competing interpretations of the national and Yugoslav questions (Albert Hlebec, Ljubomir Dušanov Jurković, Andrej Uršič, Josip Vilfan). Several contributions foreground leftist and Popular Front contexts, including communist and left-Catholic engagements with nationalism and international politics (Angela Vode, Leopoldina Kos, Edvard Kocbek), while others broaden the scope of political thought through cultural, bodily, and gendered perspectives, such as Zofka Kveder’s Yugoslavist literary intervention, Viktor Murnik’s reflections on physical culture, and Minka Govekar’s feminist analysis of housework.
Dr Maria Falina emphasizes the accessibility and research value of the reader, observing that it “introduces important texts to the reading public and makes them accessible not only through translation, but also by placing them in historical context and by providing short intellectual biography sketches of the authors.” She further praises the editors’ introduction as offering “an original and very convincing framing of how ‘national’ political thought can be conceptualised,” and welcomes the volume’s expanded approach to political thought, which she describes as “a model of how sources for political thought can be approached and analysed.”
In Dr Marco Bresciani’s assessment, “perhaps the most important scientific achievement of this volume concerns the crucial link, which has been carefully investigated, between the contingent, situational transformation of political and geopolitical contexts, both regional and international, and the development of an ever-evolving political thought.” He also highlights the value of the essays that shed new light on key interwar debates, noting their contribution to understanding issues such as “the ‘women’s issue’, the ‘minority issue’, the ‘social issue’ and the ‘national issue’.”
Political Transformations in the Interwar Period: The Case of Slovenian Political Thought, edited by Isidora Grubački and Marko Zajc, is a scholarly reader produced within the Political History Program at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana. The volume presents English translations of sixteen primary sources of Slovenian political thought from the interwar period, selected by nine contributing authors. Each source is accompanied by a biographical note on the author and a contextual introduction situating the text within its historical, political, and intellectual setting.
The reader grew out of a collaborative workshop held in Ljubljana in April 2024, where specialists in the history of political thought in East Central Europe discussed possible source selections and their broader relevance. Rather than offering a comprehensive overview, the editors explicitly aimed to move beyond a simplified historiographic division of interwar Slovenian political thought into Catholic, liberal, and Marxist camps. Contributors were encouraged to contextualize the selected texts within wider Yugoslav and transnational frameworks and to reflect current research interests in the field. The resulting selection highlights political thought as a dynamic response to profound transformations brought about by the collapse of empires, the formation of new states, and the crisis of liberal parliamentary systems in the interwar years. The volume also reflects recent methodological trends, including an expanded definition of political thought, a broader range of source types, and attention to themes that have previously received limited attention in Slovenian national historiography.
The sixteen annotated primary sources together map the diversity of Slovenian political thought in the interwar period and its entanglement with Yugoslav and transnational debates. The selection spans agrarian, socialist, communist, liberal, republican, Catholic, and feminist traditions, addressing central themes such as the agrarian and social questions (Jože Srebrnič, Dragotin Godina), republicanism and socialism (Albin Prepeluh, Etbin Kristan), and competing interpretations of the national and Yugoslav questions (Albert Hlebec, Ljubomir Dušanov Jurković, Andrej Uršič, Josip Vilfan). Several contributions foreground leftist and Popular Front contexts, including communist and left-Catholic engagements with nationalism and international politics (Angela Vode, Leopoldina Kos, Edvard Kocbek), while others broaden the scope of political thought through cultural, bodily, and gendered perspectives, such as Zofka Kveder’s Yugoslavist literary intervention, Viktor Murnik’s reflections on physical culture, and Minka Govekar’s feminist analysis of housework.
Dr Maria Falina emphasizes the accessibility and research value of the reader, observing that it “introduces important texts to the reading public and makes them accessible not only through translation, but also by placing them in historical context and by providing short intellectual biography sketches of the authors.” She further praises the editors’ introduction as offering “an original and very convincing framing of how ‘national’ political thought can be conceptualised,” and welcomes the volume’s expanded approach to political thought, which she describes as “a model of how sources for political thought can be approached and analysed.”
In Dr Marco Bresciani’s assessment, “perhaps the most important scientific achievement of this volume concerns the crucial link, which has been carefully investigated, between the contingent, situational transformation of political and geopolitical contexts, both regional and international, and the development of an ever-evolving political thought.” He also highlights the value of the essays that shed new light on key interwar debates, noting their contribution to understanding issues such as “the ‘women’s issue’, the ‘minority issue’, the ‘social issue’ and the ‘national issue’.”
Samomor med simptomom in metaforo
No full textIn the 20th century, the phenomenon of suicide transcended medical and psychiatric explanations and gradually became established as a historical and cultural symptom. Through various discourses – religious, legal, statistical, moral, and ideological – suicide has formed a significant part of the collective consciousness, as its interpretation reflects social tensions, turning points, and transformations of particular historical periods. During the 20th century in the Slovenian territory, suicide transcended personal tragedy: it became a means of political instrumentalisation, cultural introspection, and collective reflection on meaning, identity, and belonging.
The monograph by Ivan Smiljanić, Meta Remec, and Marko Zajc thematises the historical complexity and ideological burden of suicide as a social phenomenon during various periods of the 20th century. Each author draws on a specific historical context – from the inter-war and post-war period, through the Partisan struggle, to late socialism. However, they examine suicide in broader terms: as a phenomenon in which individual distress, the collective emotional atmosphere, discourses of power, and attempts at controlling the meaning of death intersect.Fenomen samomora v 20. stoletju presega okvire medicinske in psihiatrične razlage ter se vse bolj uveljavlja kot zgodovinski in kulturni simptom. Skozi raznolike diskurze – religiozne, pravne, statistične, moralne in ideološke – je samomor oblikoval pomemben del kolektivne zavesti, pri čemer njegova interpretacija odseva družbene napetosti, prelomne trenutke in transformacije posameznih zgodovinskih obdobij. V slovenskem prostoru 20. stoletja samomor presega okvir osebne tragedije: postane sredstvo politične instrumentalizacije, kulturne introspekcije in kolektivnega razmisleka o smislu, identiteti in pripadnosti.
Monografija Ivana Smiljanića, Mete Remec in Marka Zajca tematizira zgodovinsko plastovitost in ideološko obremenjenost samomora kot družbenega pojava v različnih obdobjih 20. stoletja. Vsak avtor izhaja iz konkretnega zgodovinskega konteksta – od medvojnega in povojnega obdobja prek partizanskega boja do poznega socializma –, vendar obravnava samomor širše: kot pojav, v katerem se prelamljajo individualna stiska, kolektivna čustvena klima in oblastni diskurzi in poskusi nadzora nad pomenom smrti
Na robu Ljubljanskega barja
Get PDFThe monograph comprehensively explores the village of Ig during the socialist period, i.e. from 1945 until the end of the 1980s. It presents various outlooks on socialist society, from the post-war measures implemented by the new authorities and the organisation and issues of the local economy to the selected segments of everyday life. The research is based mainly on archival and newspaper sources, as well as on some additional sources. In this regard, the lack of archival materials from the lowest level of government should be noted, as it has slightly impacted the reconstruction of the village’s overall development.Monografija celovito obravnava vas Ig v obdobju socializma, to je od leta 1945 pa vse do konca osemdesetih let. V njej so predstavljeni različni pogledi na socialistično družbo, od povojnih ukrepov nove oblasti ter organizacije in težav lokalnega gospodarstva pa vse do izbranih segmentov vsakdanjega življenja. Raziskava temelji zlasti na arhivskih in časopisnih virih, vključeni pa so tudi nekateri drugi viri. Pri tem je treba omeniti pomanjkanje arhivskega gradiva nosilcev oblasti na najnižjem nivoju, kar je nekoliko vplivalo na rekonstrukcijo celostnega razvoja kraja
Socialist Agricultural Policy: Origins and Implementations
Get PDFIn the fall of 2023, the Conference on Rural History in Cluj provided the setting for a panel discussion on the modalities of cooperativism as both a concept and a practice in socialist Eastern Europe after the Second World War. This discussion inevitably led to an examination of agricultural policy under socialism, given that the cooperative idea served as a key instrument for communist authorities in transforming the agricultural sector and imposing strict restrictions on private agriculture.In the fall of 2023, the Conference on Rural History in Cluj provided the setting for a panel discussion on the modalities of cooperativism as both a concept and a practice in socialist Eastern Europe after the Second World War. This discussion inevitably led to an examination of agricultural policy under socialism, given that the cooperative idea served as a key instrument for communist authorities in transforming the agricultural sector and imposing strict restrictions on private agriculture
Suše v zgodovini in njihov vpliv na okolje, družbo in prebivalstvo
Get PDFZnanstvena monografija Suše v zgodovini in njihov vpliv na okolje, družbo in prebivalstvo povezuje prispevke avtorjev, ki prihajajo iz na prvi pogled nepovezanih strok. Vpogled v posamezne prispevke pa nas privede do spoznanja, da so vsi vsebinska celota, ki se dopolnjujejo in predstavijo problematiko suše skozi zgodovino in njen vpliv ne samo na okolje, ampak tudi na ljudi in družbo kot celoto. Suša ni samo fizikalen pojav, saj se njen vpliv na družbo odraža v medsebojnem odnosu med sušo kot naravnim dogodkom in zahtevami ljudi po oskrbi z vodo. Razvoj suše je povečini počasen, zato je tudi škoda, ki jo povzroča, postopna. Suša je naravni pojav, a je kot »živ organizem«, ki ima svoj začetek, trajanje, intenzivnost, obseg in konec. Vseh omenjenih faz suše ni moč natančno določiti, kar daje suši značaj kompleksnosti v primerjavi z drugimi hidrometeorološkimi pojavi.Znanstvena monografija Suše v zgodovini in njihov vpliv na okolje, družbo in prebivalstvo povezuje prispevke avtorjev, ki prihajajo iz na prvi pogled nepovezanih strok. Vpogled v posamezne prispevke pa nas privede do spoznanja, da so vsi vsebinska celota, ki se dopolnjujejo in predstavijo problematiko suše skozi zgodovino in njen vpliv ne samo na okolje, ampak tudi na ljudi in družbo kot celoto. Suša ni samo fizikalen pojav, saj se njen vpliv na družbo odraža v medsebojnem odnosu med sušo kot naravnim dogodkom in zahtevami ljudi po oskrbi z vodo. Razvoj suše je povečini počasen, zato je tudi škoda, ki jo povzroča, postopna. Suša je naravni pojav, a je kot »živ organizem«, ki ima svoj začetek, trajanje, intenzivnost, obseg in konec. Vseh omenjenih faz suše ni moč natančno določiti, kar daje suši značaj kompleksnosti v primerjavi z drugimi hidrometeorološkimi pojavi
Carniolan Savings Bank. Shaping Financial Landscape in Slovenian Territory
No full textThe book examines the historical significance and development of financial intermediation on Slovenian territory, with a focus on the Carniolan Savings Bank in Ljubljana, which was established in the early 19th century. Savings banks were financial institutions that emerged in the early 19th century. Their primary purpose was to collect money or savings deposits from the lower but captive classes of the population. These institutions were founded to encourage savings among the less affluent, promote thrift and financial inclusion, and ultimately contribute to local and regional economic growth. The study outlines the context in which savings banks emerged. It emphasises their role in capital formation and economic development when the financial needs of the lower classes were largely unmet. Motivated by a combination of Enlightenment principles and monetary incentives, the founders of the Carniolan Savings Bank created a financial institution to encourage the population of Carniola Province to save and invest.
Knjiga obravnava zgodovinski pomen in razvoj finančnega posredništva na slovenskem ozemlju. V ospredju se nahaja Kranjska hranilnica, ki je bila ustanovljena v Ljubljani leta 1820. Hranilnice so bile finančne ustanove, ki so se pojavile v začetku 19. stoletja. Njihov primarni namen je bil zbiranje denarja oziroma hranilnih vlog od nižjih slojev prebivalstva. Te ustanove so delovale s ciljem, da bi spodbujale varčevanje med manj premožnimi sloji prebivalstva in pospeševale ideje o pomenu varčnosti in finančne vključenosti ter navsezadnje prispevale k lokalni in regionalni gospodarski rasti. Študija obravnava kontekst, v katerem so se hranilnice pojavile, poudarja njihovo vlogo pri vključevanju prebivalstva, ki do takrat ni imel pristopa do bančnih storitev. Voditelji Kranjske hranilnice so bili še vedno pod vplivom idej razsvetljenstva in so ustanovili finančno ustanovo, ki je motivirala varčevanje prebivalstva na Kranjskem
Potenciali in upravljanje vodá. Med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo
Get PDFIz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika dr. Blaza Komaca:Monografija je pomembna za slovenski prostor, ker prinasa celovit odsev kompleksnega prepletanja tehnoloskega razvoja, gospodarskih potreb po energiji in vpliva političnih odločitev na oblikovanje prostora, v katerem so vsi ti dejavniki skozi čas oblikovali vodne pokrajine. Čeprav je poudarek monografije vendarle na zgodovinskem pristopu, je prehod iz tradicionalne v sodobno družbo prikazan skozi več vsebinskih leč. /.../ Poleg časovno in prostorsko široke zasnove dela je njegova odlika tudi multidisciplinarni pristop, ki omogoča celovito razumevanje tematike. Monografija je v tem pogledu pomembna tudi zato, ker omogoča ne le razumevanje sedanjega stanja, ampak tudi boljše načrtovanje in s tem prihodnje upravljanje vodnih virov.
Iz recenzije doc. dr. Vilme Brodnik:Znanstvena monografija prinaša dragocene razprave s področja okoljske zgodovine, ki osvetljujejo različne vidike uporabe obnovljivih vodnih virov v zgodovinski perspektivi, pozitivne in negativne vidike človeških posegov v vodotoke in na Ljubljansko barje, začetke okoljskega osveščanja in zakonodaje od druge polovice 19. stoletja dalje ter aktualno situacijo s prizadevanji za celovito trajnostno ravnanje z vodotoki.Iz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika dr. Blaza Komaca:Monografija je pomembna za slovenski prostor, ker prinasa celovit odsev kompleksnega prepletanja tehnoloskega razvoja, gospodarskih potreb po energiji in vpliva političnih odločitev na oblikovanje prostora, v katerem so vsi ti dejavniki skozi čas oblikovali vodne pokrajine. Čeprav je poudarek monografije vendarle na zgodovinskem pristopu, je prehod iz tradicionalne v sodobno družbo prikazan skozi več vsebinskih leč. /.../ Poleg časovno in prostorsko široke zasnove dela je njegova odlika tudi multidisciplinarni pristop, ki omogoča celovito razumevanje tematike. Monografija je v tem pogledu pomembna tudi zato, ker omogoča ne le razumevanje sedanjega stanja, ampak tudi boljše načrtovanje in s tem prihodnje upravljanje vodnih virov.
Iz recenzije doc. dr. Vilme Brodnik:Znanstvena monografija prinaša dragocene razprave s področja okoljske zgodovine, ki osvetljujejo različne vidike uporabe obnovljivih vodnih virov v zgodovinski perspektivi, pozitivne in negativne vidike človeških posegov v vodotoke in na Ljubljansko barje, začetke okoljskega osveščanja in zakonodaje od druge polovice 19. stoletja dalje ter aktualno situacijo s prizadevanji za celovito trajnostno ravnanje z vodotoki
Slovenska politična tranzicija (1989 -2004)
Get PDFThe Slovenian political transition represents a multifaceted subject. It began when socialism was declining and gradually collapsing globally, and Yugoslavia was in the throes of an economic and political crisis. The ensuing transition could thereforebe studied from many angles and with different emphases than the ones analysed in this book. The view it encompasses is nevertheless crucial. The book focuses on the level of the Slovenian republic: first as one of the Yugoslav socialist republics; after the dissolution of the federation and independence, as a nation-state that looked towards Europe; and, finally, as a republicthat has once again transferred a part of its rights to a supranational entity, this time the European Union. In this respect, the central transition period is directly linked to the existence of Slovenia as an independent nation-state, a republic in which a certain political culture has developed and a specific political space has been shaped, both of which resulted from the processes, structures, and customs of the socialist era, especially in the initial years of the transition.Knjiga obravnava historični razvoj slovenskega političnega prostora med letoma 1989 in 2004. Ta čas, imenovan tranzicija, je vsebinsko zamejen z dvema dogodkoma: z začetkom ustavnih sprememb v Sloveniji, ki so vodile v demokratizacijo in pluralizacijo, in s pridružitvijo Slovenije Evropski uniji. Izhajajoč iz obilice primarnih virov, kot so zapisi parlamentarnih sej, arhivsko in časopisno gradivo, spomini, znanstveni teksti in raziskave javnega mnenja monografija prikazuje, da je bila slovenska politična tranzicija postopna. Gradualizem, ki se je sprva pojavil kot ideja na področju slovenskega gospodarstva, je v zgodnjih devetdesetih letih prestopil meje ekonomije ter prešel na področje državne in politične aktivnosti kot širša značilnost slovenske političnega prostora. Pričujoče delo odgovarja na vprašanja, katere ideje, prakse, institucije (ali njihovi deli) in posamezniki so v luči postopnega prehoda ostali aktivni po političnem prelomu leta 1989. Sledi njihovemu preoblikovanju, zaznamovanemu z izkušnjo socializma, ter s pričakovanji, ki jih je s sabo prinašala tranzicija. Posebna pozornost je namenjena tistim delom političnega procesa, ki so zajemali (samo)regulacijo političnih elit in njihove aktivnosti: razpravam o spreminjanju ustave, oblikovanju in sprejemanju zakonov, oblikovanju koalicij, določanju državnega proračuna in procesu slovenskega pridruževanja Evropski uniji. Čeprav je parlament predstavljal osrednjo institucijo, kjer so se odvijali vsi zgoraj našteti procesi, monografija poleg parlamentarnih sej vključuje povezovanje parlamenta z ostalimi državnimi institucijami ter z javnostjo
Potenciali in upravljanje vodá. Med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo
Get PDFIz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika dr. Blaza Komaca:Monografija je pomembna za slovenski prostor, ker prinasa celovit odsev kompleksnega prepletanja tehnoloskega razvoja, gospodarskih potreb po energiji in vpliva političnih odločitev na oblikovanje prostora, v katerem so vsi ti dejavniki skozi čas oblikovali vodne pokrajine. Čeprav je poudarek monografije vendarle na zgodovinskem pristopu, je prehod iz tradicionalne v sodobno družbo prikazan skozi več vsebinskih leč. /.../ Poleg časovno in prostorsko široke zasnove dela je njegova odlika tudi multidisciplinarni pristop, ki omogoča celovito razumevanje tematike. Monografija je v tem pogledu pomembna tudi zato, ker omogoča ne le razumevanje sedanjega stanja, ampak tudi boljše načrtovanje in s tem prihodnje upravljanje vodnih virov.
Iz recenzije doc. dr. Vilme Brodnik:Znanstvena monografija prinaša dragocene razprave s področja okoljske zgodovine, ki osvetljujejo različne vidike uporabe obnovljivih vodnih virov v zgodovinski perspektivi, pozitivne in negativne vidike človeških posegov v vodotoke in na Ljubljansko barje, začetke okoljskega osveščanja in zakonodaje od druge polovice 19. stoletja dalje ter aktualno situacijo s prizadevanji za celovito trajnostno ravnanje z vodotoki.Iz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika dr. Blaza Komaca:Monografija je pomembna za slovenski prostor, ker prinasa celovit odsev kompleksnega prepletanja tehnoloskega razvoja, gospodarskih potreb po energiji in vpliva političnih odločitev na oblikovanje prostora, v katerem so vsi ti dejavniki skozi čas oblikovali vodne pokrajine. Čeprav je poudarek monografije vendarle na zgodovinskem pristopu, je prehod iz tradicionalne v sodobno družbo prikazan skozi več vsebinskih leč. /.../ Poleg časovno in prostorsko široke zasnove dela je njegova odlika tudi multidisciplinarni pristop, ki omogoča celovito razumevanje tematike. Monografija je v tem pogledu pomembna tudi zato, ker omogoča ne le razumevanje sedanjega stanja, ampak tudi boljše načrtovanje in s tem prihodnje upravljanje vodnih virov.
Iz recenzije doc. dr. Vilme Brodnik:Znanstvena monografija prinaša dragocene razprave s področja okoljske zgodovine, ki osvetljujejo različne vidike uporabe obnovljivih vodnih virov v zgodovinski perspektivi, pozitivne in negativne vidike človeških posegov v vodotoke in na Ljubljansko barje, začetke okoljskega osveščanja in zakonodaje od druge polovice 19. stoletja dalje ter aktualno situacijo s prizadevanji za celovito trajnostno ravnanje z vodotoki
Poročilo o delu za leto 2023
Get PDFInštitut za novejšo zgodovino je javni raziskovalni zavod, ki se ukvarja z znanstvenoraziskovalno dejavnostjo že vse od svoje ustanovitve leta 1959. INZ tako ni le tista raziskovalna organizacija, ki se intenzivno ukvarja z raziskovanjem novejše zgodovine, temveč je v vseh teh desetletjih svojega delovanja tudi sam postal pomemben del novejše zgodovine slovenske znanstvenoraziskovalne dejavnosti. Zato je bilo za nas vedno zelo pomembno, da smo svojo dejavnost vestno beležili ne le za sodobnike, temveč tudi za prihodnje rodove