Odgojne vrijednosti u odabranim govorima Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, promicatelja prosvjete i kulture
Educational Values in Selected Speeches of Josip Juraj Strossmayer – Promoter of Enlightment and Culture

Summary/Abstract: Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer was culturally, politically, and educationally active in an exceptionally turbulent time of the Croatian history, characterized by an awareness about national consciousness and an aspiration toward a modern civic society and its values—both cultural and the moral ones. On the occasion of his orations, Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer availed himself of an opportunity to signify a necessity of a national awakening of the Croatian nation based on the steadfast foundations of the faith, as well as of science and arts. The paper deeply analyzes some of the most important Bishop Strossmayer’s speeches by a pedagogically directed perusal, beginning with the year 1850, when he addressed the folk on the occasion of his ceremonial episcopal enthroning. It was his first significant speech, followed by the one from the 9th session of the Croatian Parliament (1861), his oration from the first session of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (1867), his speech to the students and teachers subsequent to the opening of the University of Zagreb (1874), his speech on the consecration and the opening of the Vinkovci Gymnasium (1879), and his speech at the ceremonial session of the Academy of Sciences and Arts upon the opening of the Art Gallery (1884). Having perused six representative Strossmayer’s speeches, the educational values he promoted are typlogized and categorized.

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