Papers by Nemanja Radulovic
Савремена српска фолклористика 13. Ур. Н. Радуловић, Д. Поповић Николић. Београд-Тршић: Удружење фолклориста Србија, Универзитетска библиотека Светозар Марковић, Центар за културу Вук Караџић., 2024
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Obrenovići i književnost. Ur. Dragana Vukićević, Aleksandar Pejčić. Beograd: Institut za književnost i umetnost, 2024
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Correspondences. Journal for the Study of Esotericism 11.1, 2023
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The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series 17, 2023
Panhumanism was an intellectual movement in interwar Serbian culture that encompassed the idea of... more Panhumanism was an intellectual movement in interwar Serbian culture that encompassed the idea of Yugoslav messianism. After research based on the archive material of the New Atlantis, we show that the circle of panhumanists from what was essentially the Serbian branch of network of esotericist Dimitrije Mitirnović. Apart from the work on spreading the ideas of Mitrinović, this circle was devoted to occult practices, also under the leadership of a teacher from London.
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Kultura i komunikacija online 14.4, 2023
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Aries 23.1, 2023
The Polaire Brotherhood (La Fraternité polaire) was an occult society active in interwar Paris. S... more The Polaire Brotherhood (La Fraternité polaire) was an occult society active in interwar Paris. Some of the important names of the French occult scene of the period were among its members. According to the reports in the bulletin of the society, there was also a branch operating in Belgrade in the 1930s. However, this has not previously been confirmed. Archive materials used for this paper attest to the existence of the Belgrade group for the first time. Its most important figure was Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), a prominent philosopher. Therefore, attention is also paid to her involvement with Theosophy and co-masonry and the place of esotericism in her work. The activity of the group reminded of the Theosophical—it included meetings, lectures and meditations. They were also familiar with The Oracle of Astral Force (the Fraternité’s key method). The existence of a branch of the French brotherhood in this period can be understood in the context of the French-Serbian cultural relations. This interest in the “alternative” helps us get a better understanding of the history of Serbian intellectuals.
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Kulturni transfer Evropa-Srbija u XIX veku. Ur. Slobodan G.Marković. Beograd: Institut za evropske studije-Dosije, 2023
New Understanding of Mythology in
Serbian Culture of the 19th Century
Abstract: Romanticism brou... more New Understanding of Mythology in
Serbian Culture of the 19th Century
Abstract: Romanticism brought about a profound change in the European understating of myth. In
its polemics with the Enlightenment, it re-evaluated myth but also offered the first scholarly approach
to it. Jacob Grimm considered folklore a source to research myth based on claims that former myths
were preserved in folk poetry and customs. Serbian authors of the 18th century showed a hostile attitude
to myths as a result of their attachment to either the Enlightenment or theology (Jovan Rajić, Dositej).
At the same time, an interest in Slavic mythology may also be detected. A shift took place with Vuk
Karadžić, who accepted some of Grimm’s ideas and sent some examples to Grimm and planned to
make a review of Serbian mythology. The first scholarly work, based on what was then the European
methodology of “natural mythology”, was published by Ilarion Ruvarac. He used epic poems as a source
for reconstructing myths.
Keywords: mythology, Romanticism, folklor
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Nikolajeve studije 3.5, 2023
The aim of this paper is to focus on the connections of Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887-1953) with the... more The aim of this paper is to focus on the connections of Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887-1953) with the Serbian branch of his followers. Additionally, we will pay attention to the place of Nicholai Velimirovich in the circle of Mitrinović's network. After research based on the archive material of the New Atlantis Foundation (Bradford), we show that the circle of panhumanists from the twenties of the last century was essentially the Serbian branch of Mitrinović's network (Miloš Đurić, Pavle Jevtić, Vladeta Popović, Dušan Stojanović). Apart from the work on spreading the ideas of Mitrinović, this circle was devoted to occult practice, also under the leadership of a teacher from London. Nicholai Velimirovich, who during his stay in London connected with Mitrinović's environment, distanced himself from this group after the First World War, to their disappointment. The correspondence of Mitrinović's followers with Mitrinović from the postwar years reveals how they saw this change in Velimirovich as an abandonment of joint work. In addition, some of Velimirovich's words that they convey to Mitrinović reveal his clear desire to move away from them. As it is well known, Velimirovich continued on his way. On the other hand, what is more important than the contacts is the influence of Mitrinović's ideas. All the mentioned names are
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Cultural Transfer Europe-Serbia : Methodological Issues and Challenges (ed. S.G.Marković), 2023
While folklore studies emerged in Romanticism through deep changes in the history of ideas, the n... more While folklore studies emerged in Romanticism through deep changes in the history of ideas, the networks built by intellectuals interested in new views substantially helped in the formation of a new field, above all, the network created by J. Grimm. This framework helps us better understand the transfer between Europe and Serbia. Folklore material was transferred from Serbian culture to Europe, and (Central) European concepts of Volksgeist, folklore etc., to Serbian intellectuals. Closer study of this twoway transfer shows some of its under-researched aspects (the impact of personal experience on adopting the new concepts, for example). The correspondence of Vuk Karadžić is a corpus that shows both his participation in a European network and the making of his own. Following the «nods» in them, we can follow the transfer of a new image of folklore between people and their adoption of such concepts.
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A Reformer of Mankind. Dimitrije Mitrinovic Between Cultural Utopianism and Social Activism, 2023
The paper deals with the changing image of Dimitrije Mitrinović in Serbian culture. Recognized as... more The paper deals with the changing image of Dimitrije Mitrinović in Serbian culture. Recognized as teacher of his generation, after 1918, he was perceived as someone who left the national culture for Eastern-tinged "mysticism". Negative judgement became stronger after WW2, backed up by the political context where he was seen as supporter of the ancien régime. His activity was split into the national and the British part, where even those who paid attention to him (mostly literary historians), weren't familiar with the latter. When the second part of his life became better known, growing interest has often focused precisely on the aspects previously condemned (esotericism).
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A Reformer of Mankind. Dimitrije Mitrinovic between Cultural Utopianism and Social Activism Edited by Slobodan G. Markovich. Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade Zepter Book World, Belgrade, 2023
The paper deals with Mitrinović's interest in India that existed in both the pre-British and Brit... more The paper deals with Mitrinović's interest in India that existed in both the pre-British and British phase of his life. From his early poetry, where Upanishadic themes gave impulse to the cosmic movement in Serbian poetry, to his mature historiosophy and panhumanism influenced by Vedantic monism and universalism, one encounters Indian sources and an image of the country formed by positive Orientalism. This Indophilia, however, did not lead him to support the Indian political struggle. His personal contacts with Indians-including M. R. Anand and Bhagavan Das-as part of his vast network, have remained under-researched, so this paper presents them for the first time.
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Godišnjak Katedre za srpsku književnost sa južnoslovenskim književnostima 17, 2022
На књижевност 19. в. утицале су нове представе о другачијој свести, различитој од свакодневне, ко... more На књижевност 19. в. утицале су нове представе о другачијој свести, различитој од свакодневне, које су почеле са месмеризмом. Оне се у различитим облицима појављују у спиритизму, парапсихологији, те медицинским и психолошким теоријама о хипнози, хистерији и несвесном. Све те представе (подведене под заједнички назив "друга свест"), оставиле су и недовољно истраженог трага у српској интелектуалној историји и књижевности 19. и раног 20.в. У овим манифестацијама-од месмеристичких и спиритистичких до рационализованих-оне су имале утицаја на српски романтизам, на популарну књижевност, дезинтеграцију реализма, формирање фантастике и протомодернистичке прозе.
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Writings in Honour of György Endre Szőnyi , edited by Kiss Attila, Matuska Ágnes, Péter Róbert Szeged: SZTE BTK Angol-Amerikai Intézet / University of Szeged, Institute of English and American Studies, 2022
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DISENCHANTMENT, RE-ENCHANTMENT AND FOLKLORE GENRES. Ed. by Nemanja Radulović and Smiljana Đorđević Belić, 2021
Folkloristics has not been much affected by the discussions regarding disenchantment and re-encha... more Folkloristics has not been much affected by the discussions regarding disenchantment and re-enchantment, unlike sociology, history of religion and culture, anthropology, in which mentioned issues are profiled into important research areas swarming with the dynamism of voices. It could be said to be somewhat unusual since the field of this scholarship is formed precisely around those topics that could be seen as Weberian too, given the fact that, by the nature of things, folkloristics has faced the issue of enchantment, disenchantment, and re-enchantment whether it wanted it or not. We have been guided by the wish to investigate if the discussions regarding Weber’s concept (and on the account of it) can contribute to the better understanding of folkloristic issues, but also the self-understanding of our own research tools. In other words, our idea is to test whether and to what extent the current folkloristic research can be articulated through the notions of disenchantment and re-enchantment. The undertaking we are about to start is guided by the expectation that by doing so, an innovative aspect, a different (perhaps more stimulative) angle of the problem viewing, a new tool, concept is added to the research. The awareness of the term polyvalency is no obstacle—on the contrary, we see it as a challenge.
The folkloristic angle opens up a few very wide problem areas. Firstly, the nature and transformations of folklore, and the dynamics of the genre system. Secondly, the specificities of the poetics of concrete genres and their pragmatic aspects. Finally, the influence of social and cognitive phenomena which disenchantment and re-enchantment bring about on the redefining of the matter and scope of research, and theoretical and methodological paradigms of folkloristics as an academic discipline
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Književna istorija 35.113, 2003
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Kule i gradovi.Ur. Lidija Delić, Snežana Samardžija. Beograd: Udruženje folklorista Srbije, Balkanološki institut SANU, 2021
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Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment and Folklore Genres. Ed. by Nemanja Radulović and Smiljana Djordjević-Belić. Belgrade: Institute for Literature and Arts., 2021
The Book of Veles came into being as mystification with the “genealogy”
tracing back to Ossianism... more The Book of Veles came into being as mystification with the “genealogy”
tracing back to Ossianism, and it has become the holy script of Rodnovers (Slavic Neo-Pagans). The topic of this paper is the question which layer of The Book itself enables such a reading. It contains mythical themes but also a historical, euhemeristic layer related to identity. The possibilities of it being adopted by Rodnovers are provided by both of them, although the historical one seems more influential.
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Indija i srpska knjievnost. Zbornik radova s okruglog stola. Ur. Nemanja Radulović. Beograd: Zadužbina Dositej Obradović, 2021
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Stella polare. Internet magazin za književnost, istoriju i film., 2021
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Savremeno stanje identiteta krajiških Srba, 2021
У своју познату антологију засновану на збиркама које
су се слале СКА и које се чувају као део Ет... more У своју познату антологију засновану на збиркама које
су се слале СКА и које се чувају као део Етнографске збирке Архива,
Чајкановић је укључио велик број приповедака из збирке Јована Воркапића. Претежан део те збирке, који је и Чајкановић представио у антологији, јесу приповетке записане од Томе Воркапића. Рад представља
поетику овог усменог приповедача. За ово је било потребно пробити се
иза уређивачких интервенција самог Чајкановића: он је мењао или склањао оно што је видео као Томино моралисање или скаредност. Посматране у целини, Воркапићеве приповетке откривају приповедача снажно
заокупљеног религиозним моралом, што му истовремено не смета да
приповеда у другом стилском регистру (бајке с архаичним мотивима,
опсцене приче). Истовремено се у њој открива културно-историјска залеђина усмене прозе Срба у Крајини
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Serbian Culture of the 19th Century
Abstract: Romanticism brought about a profound change in the European understating of myth. In
its polemics with the Enlightenment, it re-evaluated myth but also offered the first scholarly approach
to it. Jacob Grimm considered folklore a source to research myth based on claims that former myths
were preserved in folk poetry and customs. Serbian authors of the 18th century showed a hostile attitude
to myths as a result of their attachment to either the Enlightenment or theology (Jovan Rajić, Dositej).
At the same time, an interest in Slavic mythology may also be detected. A shift took place with Vuk
Karadžić, who accepted some of Grimm’s ideas and sent some examples to Grimm and planned to
make a review of Serbian mythology. The first scholarly work, based on what was then the European
methodology of “natural mythology”, was published by Ilarion Ruvarac. He used epic poems as a source
for reconstructing myths.
Keywords: mythology, Romanticism, folklor
The folkloristic angle opens up a few very wide problem areas. Firstly, the nature and transformations of folklore, and the dynamics of the genre system. Secondly, the specificities of the poetics of concrete genres and their pragmatic aspects. Finally, the influence of social and cognitive phenomena which disenchantment and re-enchantment bring about on the redefining of the matter and scope of research, and theoretical and methodological paradigms of folkloristics as an academic discipline
tracing back to Ossianism, and it has become the holy script of Rodnovers (Slavic Neo-Pagans). The topic of this paper is the question which layer of The Book itself enables such a reading. It contains mythical themes but also a historical, euhemeristic layer related to identity. The possibilities of it being adopted by Rodnovers are provided by both of them, although the historical one seems more influential.
су се слале СКА и које се чувају као део Етнографске збирке Архива,
Чајкановић је укључио велик број приповедака из збирке Јована Воркапића. Претежан део те збирке, који је и Чајкановић представио у антологији, јесу приповетке записане од Томе Воркапића. Рад представља
поетику овог усменог приповедача. За ово је било потребно пробити се
иза уређивачких интервенција самог Чајкановића: он је мењао или склањао оно што је видео као Томино моралисање или скаредност. Посматране у целини, Воркапићеве приповетке откривају приповедача снажно
заокупљеног религиозним моралом, што му истовремено не смета да
приповеда у другом стилском регистру (бајке с архаичним мотивима,
опсцене приче). Истовремено се у њој открива културно-историјска залеђина усмене прозе Срба у Крајини
Serbian Culture of the 19th Century
Abstract: Romanticism brought about a profound change in the European understating of myth. In
its polemics with the Enlightenment, it re-evaluated myth but also offered the first scholarly approach
to it. Jacob Grimm considered folklore a source to research myth based on claims that former myths
were preserved in folk poetry and customs. Serbian authors of the 18th century showed a hostile attitude
to myths as a result of their attachment to either the Enlightenment or theology (Jovan Rajić, Dositej).
At the same time, an interest in Slavic mythology may also be detected. A shift took place with Vuk
Karadžić, who accepted some of Grimm’s ideas and sent some examples to Grimm and planned to
make a review of Serbian mythology. The first scholarly work, based on what was then the European
methodology of “natural mythology”, was published by Ilarion Ruvarac. He used epic poems as a source
for reconstructing myths.
Keywords: mythology, Romanticism, folklor
The folkloristic angle opens up a few very wide problem areas. Firstly, the nature and transformations of folklore, and the dynamics of the genre system. Secondly, the specificities of the poetics of concrete genres and their pragmatic aspects. Finally, the influence of social and cognitive phenomena which disenchantment and re-enchantment bring about on the redefining of the matter and scope of research, and theoretical and methodological paradigms of folkloristics as an academic discipline
tracing back to Ossianism, and it has become the holy script of Rodnovers (Slavic Neo-Pagans). The topic of this paper is the question which layer of The Book itself enables such a reading. It contains mythical themes but also a historical, euhemeristic layer related to identity. The possibilities of it being adopted by Rodnovers are provided by both of them, although the historical one seems more influential.
су се слале СКА и које се чувају као део Етнографске збирке Архива,
Чајкановић је укључио велик број приповедака из збирке Јована Воркапића. Претежан део те збирке, који је и Чајкановић представио у антологији, јесу приповетке записане од Томе Воркапића. Рад представља
поетику овог усменог приповедача. За ово је било потребно пробити се
иза уређивачких интервенција самог Чајкановића: он је мењао или склањао оно што је видео као Томино моралисање или скаредност. Посматране у целини, Воркапићеве приповетке откривају приповедача снажно
заокупљеног религиозним моралом, што му истовремено не смета да
приповеда у другом стилском регистру (бајке с архаичним мотивима,
опсцене приче). Истовремено се у њој открива културно-историјска залеђина усмене прозе Срба у Крајини
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