@conference{
author = "Димић, Љубодраг and Милошевић, Миладин",
year = "2022",
abstract = "During his diplomatic career, which commenced in May 1910 and ended in July 1941, Jovan
Dučić served in eleven diplomatic missions, seven of which were in the Mediterranean countries
– Italy (two missions), Greece (two missions), Spain (two missions) and Egypt. He met, talked
with and befriended many rulers and statesmen, politicians and diplomats, military leaders and
scientists, writers and artists. He had the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of everyday
life in the Mediterranean capitals, to discern directions in the unfolding of history, become aware
of the importance of the Mediterranean as a crossroads fusing past and present, civilizations and
religions, new ideas and ossified traditions, life habits and customs imposed by new time. Proud
of his origin, erudite, gallantly elegant, analytical, far-sighted, adept, tactful, but sometimes also
impulsive, melancholic...In the capitals of the Mediterranean countries, Dučić, in addition to
understanding their politics, “breathed their past and art”, paid special attention to the mentality
of Mediterranean people, was interested in the dominant political culture, traditions, history,
heritage, habits...
During his diplomatic service, Dučić had the opportunity to observe the always mystical
world of diplomacy on a daily basis, to be witness to coups and wars, revolutions and rebellions,
defeats and victories, lies, scheming and affairs...To be well informed, to understand a broader
historical context, to be able to discern the processes that determine the meaning of a multitude
of individual events, rational reflection and ability to find connections between events, good
judgments and imagination, assertiveness, poet’s instinct to recognize social phenomena, are
some of his basic features as a diplomat. During his diplomatic career, Dučić stood up against:
the politics of revanchism; the spirit of clericalism; imposing ultimatums; totalitarian ideologies
spreading across Europe and the Mediterranean.
Dučić’s expression incorporated a lot of subjective but also general, romantic but also critical,
descriptive but also analytical, eventful but also synthetic, a great deal of contemplation but also
of knowledgeable and erudite answers. He is a privileged participant and witness to the events, a
connoisseur, an astute observer and an inspired narrator, interpreter, writer who left an impressive
testimony about the time that is alive in diplomacy and about the places that he visited and served
in Dučić’s passion for going on a quest for the ever new was unquenchable., У дипломатској служби српске и југословенске државе Дучић је провео
више од три деценије. У том времену „прешао је пут“ од писара до амбасадора, првог са тим
звањем у дипломатској служби југословенске краљевине. У дипломатској каријери Дучић је
имао једанаест дипломатских мисија, од чега седам у државама Медитерана. Рад који је пред
читаоцима представља покушај аутора да сагледају дипломатски учинак Јована Дучића остварен
у медитеранским државама и представе његов однос према, простору, историји, начину
живљења, људима које је сретао током својих дипломатских мисија.",
publisher = "Београд : Српска академија наука и уметности",
journal = "Јован Дучић песник и дипломата : поводом сто педесет година од рођења : зборник радова са научног скупа одржаног 9. и 10. децембра 2021. године",
title = "Јован Дучић и Медитеран: поглед дипломате, Jovan Dučić and the Mediterranean: a Diplomat’s View",
pages = "23-43",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14794"
}
