Hajdučko prijateljstvo na granicama dva carstva – etička refleksija
Bandits’ Friendship on the Borders of Two Empires – An Ethical Reflection

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, we reflect on certain dialogic and polemical encounters on the borders of the Christian Habsburg Monarchy and the Muslim Ottoman Empire. Analogously, with the help of several historical examples based on the sigil from 1742, we present dialogical or polemical events from the Kadiluk (the judicial district) of Tešanj and the Captaincy of Osijek. Namely, at that time, in addition to the “dialogue of states”, there was also a dialogue of life, which took place in different ways, sometimes via positavae, and sometimes via negativae. The polemical events presented in the paper follow issues with “the inter-religious groups of bandits” made up of Christians and Muslims, who carried out attacks and lootings in the border territory. For this reason, the paper briefly presents several forms of interreligious dialogue, emphasizing in particular the dialogue of life. Also, since the paper discusses the concept of friendship, in accordance with Aristotle’s classification of friendship, we especially underline the form of friendship based on interest or benefit, which we connected with “bandits’ interreligious friendship”. Therefore, we explore and interpret these historical events based on the philosophy of morality (ethics) on the one hand, and theology on the other hand.

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