Herder’s Ideas and the Pan-Slavism: A Conceptual-Historical Approach

Ljuboja, Dušan (2018) Herder’s Ideas and the Pan-Slavism: A Conceptual-Historical Approach. Pro&Contra, 2. (2.). pp. 67-85. ISSN 2630-8916

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Abstract

The impact of Johann Gottfried Herder on the Slavic intellectuals of the Nineteenth century is well-known among researchers in the fields of history, linguistics and anthropology. His “prophecy” about the future of the Slavs influenced the writings of Ján Kollár and Pavel J. Šafárik, among others, writers who became some of the most prominent figures of the Pan-Slavic cultural movement of the first half of the Nineteenth century. Their influence on Serbian intellectuals, especially on those living in Buda and Pest, was visible. However, this “Herderian prophecy” also came to the Serbian readership indirectly, mostly through the efforts of scholars like Šafárik. The prediction of a bright future for all Slavs was introduced either as original contributions of the aforementioned scholars, or as the translated excerpts of their most famous works. One of the themes presented in the Serbian periodicals was the notion of the “enslavement” of Slavs by Germans and Hungarians in the Early Middle Ages. In order to better understand the meaning of “Herder’s prophecy” and its reception and adaptation by the aforementioned Pan-Slavists, this paper utilizes Reinhart Koselleck’s writings on conceptual history.

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