Revolucijska imaginacija 1918. Hrvatsko hrvanje s europskim kontekstom
Revolutionary Imagination of the Year 1918 – Croatian Struggle with the European Contexts

Author(s): Ewa Wróblewska-Trochimiuk
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Croatian Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: revolution; revolutionary imagination; 1918; Croatia; protest
Summary/Abstract: A few days after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, a bloody confrontation took place in the main square of Zagreb. The first force was a rebel group of soldiers dissatisfied with the political changes and the second, that clashed with protesters, were the security forces of the new state. These events can be found in history books as “December victims”. Croatian historiography could undoubtedly emphasize the social background of the protest and portray the “December victims” within the broader European context: the general social unrest that began to spread across Europe in 1918 or as an echo of the October Revolution, the flames of which, at that time, had not yet burned out. Nevertheless, this historical event was, first of all, recorded with an emphasis on the national tone and to this day it strengthens the Croatian national discourse. Regardless of whether the mentioned events had the character of a revolution or not, the article emphasizes the importance of revolutionary imagination as a prerequisite for changes and revolutions.

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