Стојан Новаковић и југословенска идеја

У раду су проучени најважнији путеви којим је Стојан Новаковић дошао до својих југословенских идеја и кључни аргументи које је користио приликом њиховог образлагања. Посебно су наглашени заједнички језик Срба и Хрвата, потом угледање на лаичка и грађанска начела тадашње западне Европе, поверење у идентитетску политику и творачку моћ државе и нужност повећања броја становника и проширења територије, у циљу самоодбране од великих сила и суседа. This article researches the origin of Stojan Novaković’s Yugoslav ideas and the arguments which he used in their explanation. As shown, during his half-century long public activities, and especially in the last decade of his life, Novaković was presenting several key arguments in favor of the Yugoslav idea. Stojan Novaković believed that modern nations are, above all, language communities, and that the key factor for Serbs and Croats coming closer was their common, Serbian, language, which was born as a result of Ljudevit Gaj’s linguistic reform. Novaković then, being a convinced “Westerner”, believed in inevitability of victory of modern ideas of freedom, equality and lawfulness over mid- European religious divisions and class privileges, which, in his opinion, had to lead to convergence of Serbs and Croats. He also believed in “creational power of state” which, he claimed, was able to bring different identities together and give them new quality. Finally, he was writing about common interest of Yugoslavs to become united and stronger in numbers, in order to defend themselves from major powers’ and neighbors’ ambitions. Научни скупови / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ. 172. Председништво ; књ. 11