The Slovak ethos of plebeian resistance and the First World War

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ID12190290
AuthorsVasil Gluchman (0000-0002-5778-8447, University of Prešov, corresponding author), Marta Gluchmanová (0000-0003-0945-1740, Seat (Spain))
Year2024
Volume77
Issue3
Pages495-510
Publication date2024-09-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in East European Thought (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0925-9392 • E-ISSN: 1573-0948
PublisherSpringer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/s11212-024-09670-1
OpenAlexW4402859901
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The authors examine the Slovak ethos of plebeian resistance to the First World War in several of its forms. First, they examine intellectual forms of resistance against war, against its Christian justification. Several Slovak authors emphasized that the First World War was in direct contradiction to Christian ethics, asserting that it served as proof of the failure of all European nations and their elites, who were proud of their humanity and ability to solve problems peacefully. Secular authors who based their opposition to the First World War on universal cultural and moral values represented the second form of resistance. After the end of the war, they also expected the equal rights of the Slovak ethnic group in the new post-war situation. The third form of resistance is literature, and the authors of the article focused mainly on Milo Urban’s novel Živý bič (1927) as the most important anti-war novel of Slovak interwar literature reflecting wartime events in the Orava village of Ráztoky

Ethos · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Slovak · Central European national history · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Philosophy

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