An ideas and conceptions of Central Europe in the modern age

U ovome diplomskom radu obrađuju se neke ideje i koncepcije Srednje Europe u moderno doba. U prvome se dijelu rada razmatraju problemi u vezi definiranja Srednje Europe u geografskom i povijesnom kontekstu. Pri tome, autor nudi i neka različita tumačenja pojma Srednja Europa. Objašnjeni su i neki važni federalistički zahtjevi koji su se ticali unutarnjega preustroja Srednje Europe u devetnaestom stoljeću. Nadalje, autor analizira austroslavističku ideju češkoga povjesničara i državnika Františeka Palackog. K tomu, opisani su i neki germanski pogledi na Srednju Europu. Među tim vizijama je ideja Mitteleurope koja je, pored brojnih zadaća, trebala na političkoj razini povezati razjedinjene Nijemce u Srednjoj Europi. Konačno, autor u zadnjemu poglavlju opisuje povijest židovskog slučaja. Zaključuje da su Židovi bili najodaniji i najpoduzetniji građani Srednje Europe, a kao takvi bili su i dragocjena sastavnica Srednje Europe. Nažalost, oni su se kasnije suočili s užasnom sudbinom.This graduate thesis deals with a some most important ideas and concepts of Central Europe in the modern age. In the first chapter the author considers a few problems with defining of Central Europe in geographical and historical sence and reviews different meanings of the term Central Europe. Furthermore, the author gives an explanation in terms of federalistic requests linked with the internal remaking of Central Europe in the nineteenth century. The author also analyzes the idea of Central Europe held by the Czech historian and stateman František Palacký. In addition, in the work are described some germanic visions of Central Europe. One of these visions is Mitteleuropa which, among other things, needed to politically link the divided German ethnos in Central Europe. At the end of the paper the author concludes that the Jews have been a most loyal and the most inventional citizens of the Habsburg Monarchy and, as such, the most valuable element in Central Europe. But they, unfortunately, later became a victims of discriminations and pogroms