Etbin Kristan's influence on the development of sociology in Slovenia is discussed. Kristan became a politician, cultural worker, editor, & journalist, & was a central figure in the socialist ...movement prior to WWI. He supported the concept of a southern Slavic nation & a political union of Yugoslavs, but deplored the conditions that developed in the new Yugoslav country. He supported the Yugoslav people's war of independence. Adapted from the source document.
Slovene sociologist Ferdo Kocevar was actively involved in the theoretical discussions of the nineteenth century. He advocated socialism, & held strong Slavophile views, maintaining that the Slavic ...nations had followed a developmental path different from that of Western Europe. He was in favor of limiting personal property & was opposed to capital accumulation by a few individuals. He was also in favor of a Slovene national bank at the service of the common people. Adapted from the source document as translated by M. Meeks.
A biographical sketch is presented of Slovene sociologist Vladimir Knaflic (1888-1944). After studying in Graz, Austria, & Prague, Czechoslovakia, he was active as a publicist prior to WWI, ...advocating revolutionary evolution & the ingrowth of socialism into capitalism. He rejected historical materialism, opting for a revisionist course, & maintained that individual nations must become the foundation of development & international democracy. He defended southern Slavic unity, the preservation of Austria, & the establishment of the first Slovene university in Trieste. Adapted from the source document as translated by M. Meeks.
A review of the work of Janez Ev. Krek (1865-1917), a professor at the Theological Coll of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, who was one of the founders of the Catholic trend in sociology in Slovenia. Although ...he studied many areas of human activity, he was an innovator in the area of Christian social ideas & organized socialist movements among farmers & workers in Slovenia. He had broad sociological opinions, believing that sociology was the history of social life, which, in turn, was a legal & moral undertaking. However, he felt that the nature of mankind could be understood only by Christian sociologists. Specific ideas from his works are discussed. Modified HA
An analysis is presented of Ales Usenicnik's Socialno vprasanje (Social Inquiry Ljubljana, 1925) & other works. Usenicnik was a professor on the theological faculty of the U of Ljubljana & published ...the first Slovene textbook of sociology. Appearing in public life during the period of the "division of the spirit," started by bishops Missia & Mahnic, he became a leading ideologist of the radical Catholic movement, which he saw as the only solution for contemporary society. He rejected all thought in opposition to Thomistic philosophy & Catholic social doctrine, based on Pope Leo XIII's Rerum novarum in 1891. He also harshly rejected socialist thought. Modified HA
A review article of Teme iz marksisticne sociologije (Marxist Themes in Sociology, Kardelj, Edvard Ed, Ljubljana: Univerz, 1983 see IRPS No. 27/85a36020). Written as a study guide for U sociology ...students, the 641-page book contains over 1,000 summaries & abstracts from key works in Marxist sociology. Topics covered include: socialism, the role of the scientific-technical intelligentsia, the position of political committee members in society, social mobility, migration, the military, ecology, religion, art, culture, & economic self-management. M. Meeks.
