Leaders and Heroes of the Nation

Abstract

This thematic issue of Traditiones is dedicated to heroes and national leaders, and is mainly compiled from papers presented at a conference in Ljubljana in December 2013. The publication of these papers in 2014 presents an opportunity to remember the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War and at the same time offers a framework for reflections on how individual leaders in Europe or on its margins influenced and guided the masses in times of peace and war, and in times of crisis and catastrophe. *** Tematska izdaja Traditiones je posvečena vprašanju herojev oz. vodij naroda in je nastala predvsem na osnovi prispevkov, predstavljenih na konferenci oktobra 2013 v Ljubljani. Objava razprav v letu 2014 je priložnost za obujanje spominov na stoletnico začetka 1. svetovne vojne in je hkrati okvir za premislek o tem, kako so posamični voditelji v Evropi ali na njenem robu vplivali in vodili množice v mirnih in vojnih časih, v času kriz in katastrof.

The Vagaries of Identification in the Società di Minerva of Trieste (1810-1916)

“…26 The Minerva Society remained open and not strictly national, but its initiators were nonetheless retrospectively nationalized and placed on the pedestal of national heroes. 27 Since his death in 1842, Domenico Rossetti has been commonly identified as an early irredentist, and in 1876 he was described by some Triestines as a hater of barbarian Ljubljana, 28 27 More on heroes and celebrities in Fikfak (2014), Podjed (2015). About their role in establishing national identity see Jezernik (2016 hence was transformed or reduced to being simply Italian.…”

A Hero and a Leader

“…14 lahko rečemo tudi, da so za skupnost heroji »metonimična metafora« (Fikfak 2014b). ali preprosto znak, s katerim se določena skupnost poisti.…”

Experts, Polemicists, Doctors, and Debunkers. A Typology of Celebrity Economists

“…studies of heroes and celebrities and their role in the slovene public sphere have focused on a broad range of social actors across numerous periods: from the period of slovenia's nation-building process (jezernik 2013;Fikfak 2014) to figures from slovenia's socialist era (hudales 2013; dežman 2013) through to the present day (komel 2014). researchers have focused as well as heroic figures in contemporary literature and music (mursič 2013; zupan sosič 2013) and have also focused on the overlaps and distinctions between heroes and celebrities (podjed 2012; pletenac 2014; turkoz 2014).…”