Spotlights
- From Conflict to Compromise
- From a Complete Stranger to a Dear Friend
- “The More Determined Opponents of Semitism”
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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.
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From a Complete Stranger to a Dear Friend
SpotlightThe monograph provides the first comprehensive overview of how Slovenians became acquainted with Japan, its people, customs, and culture. In the 1980s, Zmago Šmitek began researching peoples living very far away from Slovenia, focusing primarily on learning about nations and cultures from various parts of the world. Meanwhile, the book at hand, titled Od popolne neznanke do prisrčne prijateljice (From a Complete Stranger to a Dear Friend), focuses on how our ancestors came to know one particular people, in this case the Japanese, through media contributions, travelogues, reports from...
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“The More Determined Opponents of Semitism”
SpotlightBased on the examined sources, one cannot avoid the conclusion that the attitude of Slovenian liberalism in Carniola towards Jews was, as a rule, multidimensional, occasionally contradictory, and (almost) always dismissive. Simultaneously, it also opposed the attitude towards Jews adopted elsewhere in Europe by the political orientations which the Carniolan liberalism shared its name with – albeit with reservations.