Drawing Boundaries of East and West: Antemurale Christianitatis and Conceptualization of National and Symbolic Identity of Croatia

Rad ispituje sadržaj i odnos političke i kulturne ikonografije suvremene hrvatske države. Svrha je proučiti značenjâ mita antemurale christianitatis u horizontu političkih i kulturno-znanstvenih elita koje su ga kroz povijest, svaka na svoj način, konstruirale, modificirale i perpetuirale. Pretpostavka rada je da se politička i kulturna ikonografija suvremene Hrvatske, kroz referentne točke politike, književnosti i povijesnih udžbenika, susreću u mitu antemurale christianitatis, stvarajući tako predodžbu o sebi unutar okvira kršćanskog i civilizacijsko-kulturnog kruga Europe.This paper examines the content and relationship of political and cultural iconography of contemporary Croatia. Its purpose is to study the meanings of the myth of antemurale christianitatis from the perspective of political, cultural and scientific elites which have constructed, modified and perpetuated the myth through history each in its own way. The paper assumes that political and cultural iconography of contemporary Croatia meet in the myth of antemurale christianitatis through reference points in politics, literature and history textbooks, thus creating a self-image within the scope of Christian, civilization and cultural European circle