Slovenian identity took shape under cultural, political and economic
circumstances that in uenced Western European civilization at its
furthest eastern border. Since the 6th century, ancestors of present
day Slovenes inhabited the territory of the Eastern Alps, bordering on
the Pannonian plains and, in the south, on the Adriatic sea. The decisive
elements of Slovenian identity were global historical processes:
Christianization, the emergence of historical countries, the Reformation,
the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic renewal, the forming
of the Austrian monarchy, the enlightenment, romanticism, the rise
of nationalism and liberalism, the development of modern democracy.
Historical turning points such as Napoleon's Illyrian Provinces, the
1848 'spring of nations', World Wars I and II, and the collapse of
Yugoslavia also made an impact on identity formation. These processes
affected national consciousness as well as the concept of nation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:21227 |
| Date | 16 May 2018 |
| Creators | Koter, Darja |
| Publisher | Gudrun Schröder, Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:conferenceObject, info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 3-926196-44-0, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-212200, qucosa:21220 |
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