Austria-Hungary’s “Civilizing Mission” in the Balkans. A View from Belgrade (1903–1914)
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The conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary in the years preceding the First World War is looked at in the global context of the “age of empire”. The Balkans was to Austria-Hungary what Africa or Asia was to the other colonial powers of the period. The usual ideological justification for the Dual Monarchy’s imperialistic expansion was its “civilizing mission” in the “half-savage” Balkans. The paper shows that the leading Serbian intellectuals of the time gathered round the Srpski književni glasnik (Serbian Literary Herald) were well aware of the colonial rationale and “civilizing” ambitions of the Habsburg Balkan policy, and responded in their public work, including both scholarly and literary production, to the necessity of resistance to the neighbouring empire’s “cultural mission”.
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imperialism / colonialism / “civilizing mission” / nationalism / Austria-Hungary / Serbia / Srpski književni glasnik (Serbian Literary Herald)Source:
Balcanica, 2017, XLVIII, 107-122Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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- History of Political Ideas and Institutions in the Balkans in the 19th and 20th Centuries (RS-177011)
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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-76531748107Khttps://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/5559
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Ković, Miloš PY - 2017 UR - http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-76531748107K UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/5559 AB - The conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary in the years preceding the First World War is looked at in the global context of the “age of empire”. The Balkans was to Austria-Hungary what Africa or Asia was to the other colonial powers of the period. The usual ideological justification for the Dual Monarchy’s imperialistic expansion was its “civilizing mission” in the “half-savage” Balkans. The paper shows that the leading Serbian intellectuals of the time gathered round the Srpski književni glasnik (Serbian Literary Herald) were well aware of the colonial rationale and “civilizing” ambitions of the Habsburg Balkan policy, and responded in their public work, including both scholarly and literary production, to the necessity of resistance to the neighbouring empire’s “cultural mission”. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - Austria-Hungary’s “Civilizing Mission” in the Balkans. A View from Belgrade (1903–1914) SP - 107 EP - 122 IS - XLVIII DO - 10.2298/BALC1748107K UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5559 ER -
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Ković, M.. (2017). Austria-Hungary’s “Civilizing Mission” in the Balkans. A View from Belgrade (1903–1914). in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XLVIII), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748107K https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5559
Ković M. Austria-Hungary’s “Civilizing Mission” in the Balkans. A View from Belgrade (1903–1914). in Balcanica. 2017;(XLVIII):107-122. doi:10.2298/BALC1748107K https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5559 .
Ković, Miloš, "Austria-Hungary’s “Civilizing Mission” in the Balkans. A View from Belgrade (1903–1914)" in Balcanica, no. XLVIII (2017):107-122, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748107K ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5559 .