DIE DONAU IM SPANNUNGSFELD VON ÖFFNUNG UND ABGRENZUNG the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PERIOD in BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA Cultural Politics I
DIETHE DONAU AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN IM SPANNUNGSFELD PERIOD VON IN BOSNIA ÖFFNUNG AND UND HERZEGOVINA ABGRENZUNGCultural Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Creation of the Western Type of Art von Edit Krály (Wien, Budapest) by Aida Lipa (Sarajev0) first publication After the Austro-Hungarian occupation of BiH, Sarajevo quickly became not only the adminis- trative, but also the cultural center in this region of the monarchy. The cultural development 1 In Croatia, Ljudevit Gaj and others of Sarajevo and BiH was planned for several reasons. One such reason was a diminishing of from the Illyrian movement pledged nationalistic propaganda coming from Serbia and Croatia. for the unification with Croatia, while Vuk Stefanović Karadžić did At that time, while the Serb and the Croat elite from BiH had already been influenced the same in Serbia. Even later, after by the program of cultural and national unification, by Serbia and Croatia1 respectively, the the occupation, Croatia believed Bosniaks were left in a situation where, abandoned by the Ottomans, they had to struggle for that BiH would be a part of it. There was even a letter sent by the their territorial and religious rights. To keep the Serbian and the Croatian territorial aspirations Croatian Assembly on August 21, under control, the Austro-Hungarian administration sought to foster a feeling of national be- 1878 to the Kaiser, asking that BiH longing to BiH, which was based not on ethnic or religious, but on territorial affiliation. They be annexed to Croatia. Such a pro- position was immediately refused. attempted to evoke a feeling of unity and patriotism amongst the various ethnic groups Cf.
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