Symbols, Slogans and Identity in the Slovene Search for Sovereignty, 1987-1991.

Abstract

At the end of June of 1991, the (by then already former) Socialist Republic of Slovenia formally seceded from the then Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia and thus the Republic of Slovenia was on its way of becoming a sovereign state in the international community of nations. This particular action or event was certainly no surprise to many Slovenes themselves because they have been thinking about or searching for (greater) sovereignty especially since 1987; this year had seen the publication of the 57th volume of the literary monthly magazine of culture, Nova revija, comprising some 16 philosophical and sociological articles and essays on the topic 'Contributions For the Slovene National Program.' This particular issue of the Nova revija may be viewed perhaps as the first of several major 'symbols' which attracted many Slovenes in their more 'intensive' search for sovereignty. Such symbols also generated slogans which, in turn, contributed to a more focused identity of Slovenes, that is, as to who they were and what was, or was to be, their place in Yugoslav and European contexts.

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