Les premiers libéraux de Serbie : Le cercle des “Parisiens”
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.41, No.1-2, 2000, pages 83-111
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The first liberals in Serbia : The circle of "Parisians"
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The paper deals with the development and the political influence of theliberals, the first domestic political élite of Serbia in mid-nineteenth century,educated mostly in Paris. In contrast to so-called “Germans”, the Serb élitethat came to Principality of Serbia from neighbouring Habsburg Monarchy,importing Austrian-type bureaucratic and autocratic political patterns, the“Parisians” brought to Serbia the French ideas of constitutionalism and politicalfreedoms. Led by Jevrem Grujic, Vladimir Jovanocic and Milovan Jankovic,they believed that a peasant Serbian society deprived of aristocracy andorganized into extended families seen as a core of democratic society couldeasily embrace Western political ideas. Their first important political appearanceof the Parisians was at the Assembly of Saint Andrew in 1858, when theydefended the sovereignty of the nation and the National Assembly as the French-type Parliament. The political action of the early liberals in Serbia was appealing to the next political generations.
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Φιλελεύθεροι της Σερβίας
