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Между обществения договор и любовта към отечеството: Освобождението и инициацията на българските културни елити
Ist Teil von
Kritika i khumanizŭm, 2011 (37), p.183-199
Ort / Verlag
Фондация за хуманитарни и социални изследвания - София
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
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In the fi rst years after the establishment of the modern Bulgarian state in 1878, the
fi rst Bulgarian political parties – these of the “liberals” and of the “conservatives” –
emerged by claiming to represent two different visions on the state’s development and
welfare. The conservatives defended the idea of gradual and consistent preparation of
the folk for the adoption of the modern European citizenship through a government of
experts, while the “liberals” appealed for giving total freedom to the common people.
Analyzing their legitimization strategies in various public discussions and journalistic
writings, this paper shows how, beyond the heated speeches of ideological rivalry, the
two parties reproduced one and the same dichotomy of corrupted “individuals” vs.
uncorrupted “people.” Thus, the striving for property, social prestige and, above all, for
high positions in the state hierarchy was perceived as a threat to the equitable distribution
of national wealth. The implicit presence of this dichotomy in the Bulgarian political
thinking from the end of the 19th century onwards explains the electoral victories
of the liberals as well as the prevailing of populist concepts over the rational debate on
the national representation and the forms of government, which impeded the successful
recognition of the important social functions of the state elites.