O Matici, Hrvatskoj, fašizmu i historiografskom objašnjenju
ON MATRIX CROATICA, CROATIA, FASCISM AND HISTORIOGRAPHIC EXPLANATION

Summary/Abstract: Inspired by a seminal Višeslav Aralica’s book on Matrix Croatica 1935–1945 (Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb 2009, 221 pp.), the author strives to follow several analytical lines. After an introduction concerning current status of Matrix Croatica, the thematic and methodological relevance of the work is explained. It is also a starting point for – partly critical – discussion on some problems of intellectual history, especially on causation and the inclusion of details in general (generic) terms. Among other things, holding opinion that up to date research is insufficient to conclude that the Croatian form of interwar nationalism was of equal nature to contemporary European movements and ideologies under the common name of fascism, the author suggests that studies on the Croatian nationalistic intellectuals and Independent State of Croatia in general should include additional political and legal science categories, as well as greater attention to the idiographic historical substance, individual perspectives and disagreements.

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