Enlightenment Colonialism: Interwar Subcarpathian Rus
and Czechoslovakia as a Unique Case in Postcolonial Studies

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Autor/ Author: Dmytro Erdeli  

In: Kultúrne dejiny

ISSN: 1338-2209 (Print)

ISSN: 2989–3313 (Online)

Ročník/ Volume: 16

Číslo/ Issue: 2

Strany/ Page Range: 142-161

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2025

Jazyk/ Language: Czech

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: This publication analyzes the relations between the first Czechoslovak Republic as the state of the Czechs in the broad sense of the word and Subcarpathian Rus from the point of view of postcolonial studies. Within the methodological approach, both objects are perceived in the roles of metropolitan power and colony. This theoretical framework serves to test the criteria and signs of colonialism in objects relations. The aim of the work is insight into the possible concept and essence of Czech colonialism in Subcarpathian Rus in the interwar period, or revision of its previous interpretations. The output of the text is a model of the so-called Enlightenment colonialism, applicable to the relations between the historical Czech lands and Subcarpathian Rus. According to this model, the „colony”, which is in an unequal and dependent position in relation to the „metropolis“, at the same time receives opportunities and investments on the path of transformation into a more sovereign and self-sufficient political, social and cultural entity.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia, Colonialism, Postcolonialism.

Citácia/ How to cite:

ERDELI, Dmytro, 2025. Osvícenský kolonialismus: Meziválečná Podkarpatská Rus a Československo jako unikátní případ v postkoloniálních studiích. Kultúrne dejiny. Online. Roč. 16, č. 2, s. 142-161. ISSN 1338-2209 (Print). ISSN 2989–3313 (Online). Dostupné na:

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