Table of Contents

Foreword: Slovak political thought as discovery Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Jan Francisci (1822 - 1905). Romanticism and Pragmatism 2. Jan Palarik (1822 - 1870). Liberalism and Constitutionalism 3. Stefan Marko Daxner (1822 - 1892). Law and education 4. Frantisek Vitazoslav Sasinek (1830 - 1914). History and eccentricity 5. Svetozar Hurban Vajansky (1847 - 1916). Messianism, Panslavism and the superiority of art 6. Vavro Srobar (1867 - 1950). Realism and Czechoslovakism Conclusion Bibliography Index

About the Author

Josette Baer, PhD, is professor of political theory with a focus on Central and Eastern European political thought at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Zurich UZH, Switzerland.

Reviews

[...] Baer makes a unique contribution by opening up, especially to the anglophone audience, the social and political philosophy of a significant part of Europe, based on meticulous analyses of original Slovak texts. -- Slavonic and East European Review [...] Baer's Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty? is essential to an understanding of the Slovak nation's long and difficult struggle, especially in the twentieth century, for national identity, sovereignty, democracy, and orientation toward the west rather than toward Russia. Based primarily on the extensive writings of Slovak theorists themselves as well as on what others had to say about them, her work provides the truest possible picture of what influential nineteenth-century Slovak nationalist thinkers had to say about, and what they did for, the making of the modern Slovak nation. -- Slavic Review Josette Baer has done pioneer work in investigating the life stories of six masterminds of Slovak nationalism in the 19th and the beginnings of the 20th century for her book. She is the first foreign researcher to meticulously sift through the Slovak archives for documents regarding this field. 'Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty' is of benefit for those seeking a complete history of the era depicted by Baer as well as for those looking up a single biography. -- Osteuropa