Open AccessThe enlightenment and the beginnings of modern Serbian culture
Author(s) -
Ljubinka Trgovcevic
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc0637103t
Subject(s) - enlightenment , serbian , consciousness , national consciousness , state (computer science) , ottoman empire , political science , value (mathematics) , ancient history , history , law , sociology , theology , philosophy , politics , epistemology , algorithm , machine learning , computer science , linguistics
The Enlightenment, mostly in its Austrian form, influenced in many ways the Serbs both in the Habsburg Empire and in the Principality of Serbia, still under Ottoman suzerainty. First, its emphasis on the value of knowledge and science raised the awareness of the importance of education and contributed to its development. Religious tolerance and anticlericalism placed Orthodox Serbs side by side with representatives of other nations and religions and helped them to liberate themselves from the strong traditionalist impact of their church. Both education and a new awareness of their own rights strengthened national consciousness, eventually leading to the creation of a nation state and modern national culture