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| Dom in svet | |
|---|---|
| Title | Dom in svet |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Country | Austria-Hungary; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; Yugoslavia; Slovenia |
| Based | Ljubljana |
| Language | Slovene |
Dom in svet
Dom in svet was a Slovene Roman Catholic cultural and literary magazine founded in 1888 in Ljubljana. It served as a platform for religious, literary, and cultural debates, publishing fiction, criticism, theology, and social commentary. Over its long run the periodical intersected with movements and figures across Central European literature, Catholic renewal, and Slovenian national life.
Founded in the late 19th century in Ljubljana, the magazine emerged during the Austro-Hungarian era alongside institutions such as the Jubilee Exhibition and cultural bodies like the Slovene Society. Its early decades coincided with the careers of figures tied to the Slovene national revival, including interactions with publishing houses such as Zgodovinsko društvo and networks connected to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ljubljana. During the interwar period under the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later Yugoslavia, the periodical negotiated relationships with political currents represented by parties such as the Slovene People's Party and intellectual circles around universities like the University of Ljubljana. In the 20th century, editors had to respond to upheavals including the First World War, the Second World War, and postwar socialist restructuring under the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. The magazine’s institutional continuity reflected broader transitions from Habsburg legal frameworks to the constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and later socialist republican governance in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.
The editorial line combined Roman Catholic theology and pastoral concerns with aesthetic commitments to modern Slovene letters and European currents. Contributors addressed theological themes in dialogue with the Second Vatican Council debates and earlier Catholic reform movements linked to figures in the Austro-Hungarian Catholic revival. Literary sections featured short fiction, lyric poetry, and drama resonant with traditions from Slovene Romanticism, symbolist currents akin to those discussed in relation to Fin-de-siècle periodicals, and modernist debates comparable to exchanges in Die Fackel and La Revue Blanche. The magazine ran criticism on works by authors associated with institutions such as the National and University Library of Slovenia and reviews of plays staged at the Ljubljana Philharmonic or theatres influenced by directors tied to the Yugoslav Drama Theatre model. Essays engaged with international topics referencing thinkers connected to Pius X-era Catholicism, later dialogues about Christian Democracy in Europe, and cultural policy shaped by ministries like the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
The pages featured prominent Slovene poets, novelists, clergymen, and critics who were also affiliated with organizations such as the Slovene Writers' Association and academic posts at the University of Ljubljana. Regular contributors included literary figures engaged in correspondence with peers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Croatian Writers' Association, as well as Catholic intellectuals who had ties to seminaries under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb or scholastic networks connected to the Gregorian University. Translations and conversations brought works related to European authors found in collections of the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, illustrating the magazine’s transnational literary links.
Dom in svet operated at an intersection of Catholic social thought and Slovene cultural nationalism, influencing debates involving political groupings such as the Slovene Labour Party and cultural institutions like the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana. Its editorial stance contributed to dialogues with advocates of Christian Democratic International currents and placed it in conversation with contemporaneous periodicals across Central Europe, including exchanges with editorial circles tied to the Austrian Christian Social Party and literary networks in Czechoslovakia. Through essays, reviews, and polemics the magazine shaped public perceptions during key moments such as parliamentary elections, cultural policy reforms promoted by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia administration, and postwar cultural reconstructions under the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia framework.
Circulation fluctuated across eras, with readership drawn from clergy, academics, and literate urban publics in Ljubljana, Maribor, and other Slovene-speaking regions. Libraries such as the National and University Library of Slovenia archived runs used by researchers and students of literary history at the University of Ljubljana and international scholars arriving from institutions like the University of Vienna and the University of Zagreb. Critical reception varied: conservative Catholic circles and cultural conservatives associated with the Slovene People's Party praised its editorial consistency, while modernist and leftist reviewers linked to the Partisans-era cultural apparatus criticized its ideological positions.
Across authoritarian and wartime regimes the magazine faced censorship pressures from bodies such as Austro-Hungarian censors, royalist police under the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and later socialist state apparatuses including agencies aligned with the Yugoslav secret police. Editorial disputes sometimes involved clashes with secular avant-garde artists and left-wing intellectuals affiliated with organizations like the Communist Party of Slovenia and cultural journals in the Partisan movement. During occupation periods interactions occurred with occupying administrations and resistance cultural networks, complicating editorial choices and occasionally resulting in publication suspensions, confiscations, or legal challenges pursued through courts influenced by institutions such as municipal authorities in Ljubljana.
Category:Slovene magazines Category:Catholic magazines Category:Publications established in 1888