Austria-Hungary's "Civilizing Mission" in the Balkans A View from Belgrade (1903-1914)
Abstract
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 knjizevni 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".
Keywords:
Srpski knjizevni glasnik (Serbian Literary Herald) / Serbia / nationalism / imperialism / colonialism / Austria-Hungary / "civilizing mission"Source:
Balcanica, 2017, 48, 107-122Publisher:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- History of Political Ideas and Institutions in the Balkans in the 19th and 20th Centuries (RS-177011)
Institution/Community
Istorija / HistoryTY - JOUR AU - Ković, Miloš PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2350 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 knjizevni 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 - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd T2 - Balcanica T1 - Austria-Hungary's "Civilizing Mission" in the Balkans A View from Belgrade (1903-1914) EP - 122 IS - 48 SP - 107 DO - 10.2298/BALC1748107K ER -
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Ković, M.. (2017). Austria-Hungary's "Civilizing Mission" in the Balkans A View from Belgrade (1903-1914). in Balcanica Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd.(48), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748107K
Ković M. Austria-Hungary's "Civilizing Mission" in the Balkans A View from Belgrade (1903-1914). in Balcanica. 2017;(48):107-122. doi:10.2298/BALC1748107K .
Ković, Miloš, "Austria-Hungary's "Civilizing Mission" in the Balkans A View from Belgrade (1903-1914)" in Balcanica, no. 48 (2017):107-122, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748107K . .