Herder, Kollár, and the Origins of Slavic Ethnography

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  • Alexsander Maxwell School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

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https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2011400205

Keywords:

Johann Gottfried von Herder, Ján Kollár, Slavic ethnography, philosophy, Enlightenment, Romantics // Johann Gottfried von Herder, slovanska etnografija, filozofija, razsvetljenstvo, romantika

Abstract

Philosophy of Johann Gottfried von Herder thoroughly informed ideas of a poet Ján Kollár. Nevertheless, Kollár was more than merely a conduit for transmitting Herder’s ideas: he selected, interpreted and transformed Herder’s philosophy in the service of his literary Pan-Slavism.

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Filozofija Johanna Gottfrieda von Herderja je močno zaznamovala zamisli pesnika Jána Kollárja. Kljub temu pa Kollár ni bil zgolj “odvod” za prenos Herderjevih idej, saj je njegovo filozofsko razmišljanje izbral, interpretiral in preoblikoval ter tako postavil temelje lastnega literarnega panslavizma.

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Maxwell, A. (2011). Herder, Kollár, and the Origins of Slavic Ethnography. Traditiones, 40(2), 79–95. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2011400205

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Vol. 40 No. 2 (2011): RESEARCHING FOLK CULTURE IN SLAVIC LANDS (1770–1880)/ RAZISKOVANJE LJUDSKE KULTURE V SLOVANSKIH DEŽELAH MED 1770 IN 1880

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Researching Folk Culture in Slavic Lands (1770–1880)/Raziskovanje ljudske kulture v slovanskih deželah med 1770 in 1880

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