European Idelogies and Mediterranean Culture

Razmatrat će se pitanje o kulturnoj ambiciji kao pogonskoj snazi koja, više ili manje vidljivo, stoji iza političkih pokreta i ideologija, a da njihovi nosioci toga nisu posve svjesni. Pitanje, što je uopće kultura, povezat će se sa simbolikom društvenog statusa. Kultura nastaje u vezi s proizvodnjom instrumenata. Sredstva stjecanja statusa tako postaju prenosiva, kultura postaje mobilna. Posljedice presađivanja, tj. usvajanja tuđe kulture može se ilustrirati arheološkim nalazima. U novije doba razabire se i veza između ideologije i kulturne ambicije. Skicirat će se evidencija u prilog tvrdnji da u korijenima kako tzv. fašizma tako i komunizma stoji ambicija da se dosegne odavno željeni kulturni status. Mediteran kao kolijevka kulture igra pritom ulogu koja je dosad bila zanemarena. Mediteranska prisutnost Hrvatske otvara šanse za razvoj novih paradigmi u tumačenju ideoloških sukoba.The paper, actually transcript of a lecture given in Hvar in 1994, deals with the question of cultural ambition as the moving force which, more or less visibly, lurks behind political movements and ideologies, although their actors are not always fully conscious of it. The question of the culture in general is here linked with the symbols of a social status. Culture is generated in connection with the production of instrumenta. Thus the means for acquisition of a social status become transferable, culture becomes movable. The consequences of transplanting, i.e. accepting an alien culture may be illustrated by archaeological finds. A connection between ideologies and the cultural ambition has also been discerned in recent times. There is evidence that it the roots of both the so-called Fascism and Communism lies the ambition to rea.ch a cultural status or level long since desired. Being the cradle of culture, the Mediterranean plays a role in it that has been neglected up to now. The presence of Croatia and of Hvar on the Mediterranean gives the opportunity to develop new patterns for interpreting ideological conflicts