The First World War and Mass Political
(Self )consciuosness : The Case of Croatia Cover Image

Prvi svjetski rat i omasovljenje političke (samo)svijesti: slučaj Hrvatske
The First World War and Mass Political (Self )consciuosness : The Case of Croatia

Author(s): Albert Bing
Subject(s): History, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Croatian politics; Yugoslavism; Austro-Hungarian empire;Sarajevo assasination;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the development of Croatian politicsahead of the Sarajevo assassination and the outbreak of the First WorldWar. The focus of attention is the question of a national issue whose interpretationof 1903 is gaining new significance due to the acute crisis of dualism,change of government in the Kingdom of Serbia, and the increasingly prominentactivity of the heir, Duke FranzFerdinand. On the basis of the analysisof parliamentary party programs and the activities of relevant political groups,unilateral dissatisfaction with the Croatian position in Austria-Hungaryis noticed, and in the context of the state relations with Hungary, it standsout as an overwhelming problem of achieving Croatian financial autonomy.After the implementation of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, theapproach to the national issue is tightened, and from then on, a considerablenumber of political actors have seen its solution only in affirmation of theprinciple of national unity in the integral area of the southern Slavs.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 49-68
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Croatian