Liberal and Conservative Political Thought in Nineteenth-century Serbia. Vladimir Jovanović and Slobodan Jovanović

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Milosavljević, B. (2010). Liberal and Conservative Political Thought in Nineteenth-century Serbia. Vladimir Jovanović and Slobodan Jovanović, 131-153. doi:10.2298/BALC1041131M
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Title

Liberal and Conservative Political Thought in Nineteenth-century Serbia. Vladimir Jovanović and Slobodan Jovanović

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Author

Boris, Milosavljević

Journal

Balcanica

Volume
Issue

XLI

Start page

131

End page

153

ISSN

0350-7653

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DOI

10.2298/BALC1041131M

URL

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4313

Date

2010-2019/08/12/16:04:58

Abstract

Two very influential political philosophers and politicians, Vladimir Jovanović and Slobodan Jovanović, differed considerably in political theory. The father, Vladimir, offered an Enlightenment-inspired rationalist critique of the traditional values underpinning his upbringing. The son, Slobodan, having had a non-traditional, liberal upbringing, gradually-through analyzing and criticizing the epoch's prevail­ing ideas, scientism, positivism and materialism-came up with his own synthesis of traditional and liberal, state and liberty, general and individual. Unlike Vladimir Jovanović, who advocated popular sovereignty, central to the political thought of his son Slobodan was the concept of the state. On the other hand, Slobodan shared his father's conviction that a bicameral system was a prerequisite for the protection of individual liberties and for good governance. Political views based on different political philosophies decisively influenced different understandings of parliamentarianism in nineteenth-century Serbia, which in turn had a direct impact on the domestic political scene and the manner of government.

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