CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Duraskovic, Stevo |
|---|---|
| Title | Fascism in Central Europe: The Organisation of Yugoslav Nationalists- ORJUNA, 1921-1929 |
| Summary | The thesis analyses the history and ideology of the Organisation of Yugoslav Nationalists- ORJUNA, a neglected, but significant fascist movement existing in Yugoslavia in 1920s, which attempted to forge a new integralist Yugoslav culture. In the contemporary Croatian nationalist political discourse, the organization is seen as an anti- Croat and a “Greater Serbian” movement. Departing from this line of interpretation, the thesis puts subsequent emphasis on the ORJUNA’s concept of the Yugoslav nation, especially in relations to the Croat and Serb national identity. In conducting the research, I employed ORJUNA’s newspapers, as well as doctrinaire books published by the organisation members, which were tested against the theoretical framework of the most outstanding contemporary theoreticians of generic fascism such as Roger Griffin, Stanley Payne, George L. Mosse and Emilio Gentile. They all defined fascism as the palingenetic nationalist revolutionary movement. In order to achieve a better understanding of the organisation’s ideology, the thesis focused on it’s ideology in the historical context in which it emerged and activated, while attempting at the same time to underscore ORJUNA’s compatibility with the model of generic fascism. The thesis documents the manner in which the organisation gradually elaborated its ideology, from the quite vague notions in the first stage of the organisation existence (1921-1922) to the almost fully fledged fascist ideology in second stage (1923-1925). After 1925 ORJUNA experienced a rapid decline, losing all its fascist characteristics. The thesis concludes that ORJUNA’s notion of integral Yugoslavism was not simply anti- Croat, although it favourites the Serb national mentality more that Croatian one. |
| Supervisor | Iordachi, Constantin |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/djuraskovic_stevo.pdf |
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