MIHAILO POLIT-DESANIČIĆ AND SERB NATIONALISM IN 1861

Autor analizira političko-ideološku djelatnost istaknutoga srpskog nacionalista Mihaila Polita-Desančića tijekom 1861. godine. U središte istraživanja stavljaju se Politove koncepcije na Hrvatskom saboru od kolovoza do studenoga 1861. Politove koncepcije ne razmatraju se (samo) kao njegove privatne ideje, već u sklopu širili povijesnih procesa vezane uz tadašnji srpski i hrvatski nacionalizam, Habsburšku monarhiju i jugoistočnu Europu.M. Polit-Desančić (1883-1920) is one of the most outstanding Serb nationalists of the second half of the 19th century in the Habsburg Monarchy and in Hungary. He became involved in politics in the 60\u27s when he started advocating the secession of Hungary from Vienna by means of the creation of the personal union between Ungary and Austria. His intention was to enable the Serb expansion, by preventing the expansion of Vienna in the Balkans. After he was elected as a deputy to the Croatian Parliament (Sabor), he participated in its sessions from August 1861 to its closure in November of the same year. In Croatian Sabor, he advocated the creation of the Serb autonomous state of Vojvodina in southern Hungary and opposed Croatian majority to transform the Habsburg Monarchy into an association of sovereign nations