Spotlights
- Slovenian Political Transition (1989-2004)
- Gluhi in svet : med odrinjenostjo in vključenostjo
- From Conflict to Compromise
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Slovenian Political Transition (1989-2004)
SpotlightThe Slovenian political transition represents a multifaceted subject. It began when socialism was declining and gradually collapsing globally, and Yugoslavia was in the throes of an economic and political crisis. The ensuing transition could therefore be studied from many angles and with different emphases than the ones analysed in this book. The view it encompasses is nevertheless crucial. The book focuses on the level of the Slovenian republic: first as one of the Yugoslav socialist republics; after the dissolution of the federation and independence, as a nation-state that looked...
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Gluhi in svet : med odrinjenostjo in vključenostjo
SpotlightThe Ljubljana Institute for the Deaf-Mute was built with
the resources from various benefactors’ bequests. Dean Ignacij
Holzapfel was the most generous of them. In his will, he dedicated
his fortune to the construction of an institute for the deaf
youth from Carniola, who were educated in German institutions
and thus alienated from their homeland. This was another
display of his patriotism, as were his previous unsuccessful attempts
to publish the Slovenian weekly newspaper Slavinja.
With the construction of the Institute in Ljubljana in 1900, the
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From Conflict to Compromise
SpotlightWith the end of the Second World War and the takeover of power by the Communist Party, a period of several years of lawlessness began for the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia, in which the revolutionary regime tried to put an end to its social power and influence and to its independence in relation to totalitarian power with many repressive measures – first and foremost with the court convictions of church representatives and the nationalization of church property.