Jozef Miloslav Hurban

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Jozef Miloslav Hurban
Born(1817-03-19)19 March 1817
Beckó, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
(now Beckov, Slovakia)
Died21 February 1888(1888-02-21) (aged 70)
Luboka, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
(now Hlboké, Slovakia)
Hurban's memorial in Žilina
The young Jozef Miloslav Hurban in a book by Vladimír Mináč

Jozef Miloslav Hurban (

Slovak Uprising in 1848–1849. He was a writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life, and a Lutheran pastor. He was a supporter of Ján Kollár, and later of Ľudovít Štúr. His son, Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský
, followed in his footsteps both as a writer and nationalist.

He is a co-founder of the

Slovak National Council, Slovak Matica, group Tatrín, co-founder of the Slovak National Theater in Nitra.[2]

The city of

3730 Hurban
are both named after him.

Early life

Jozef was born to a Lutheran priest, Paul Hurban, and his wife Anna, née Vörös,

Lutheran chaplain in Berezó, and from 1843 served as a priest in Luboka. In 1860 he completed further education and earned his PhDr. and ThDr. h. c. (Doctor of Theology) titles.[5] Subsequently, from 1866 on, he was assigned responsibilities as a superintendent of the Slovak Evangelical Church. He married Anna Jurkovičová, with whom he had four daughters and five sons (among them was the writer Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský
).

Career

Bust of Jozef Miloslav Hurban, founder of the First Slovak National Council (1848) in the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Hurban volunteers memorial plaque in Bratislava Rača
Hurban volunteers memorial plaque in Bratislava Rača

Jozef Miloslav Hurban headed and deeply influenced Slovak literature and public life for close to half a century. He was an uncompromising fighter for the national rights of the Slovak people, an implacable opponent of the Hungarian ruling class, and a pioneer of Slavic mutuality. During his youth, he was part of the Slovak radical opposition movement against feudalism. He worked against the domination of multiple aristocratic layers in Hungary, which were considered parasitic during the period.

For his uncompromising actions, he was by some called a traitor and communist agitator. Nevertheless, he laid the foundations for Slovak literary historiography. He co-founded the Slovak Theater[

Nitra
along with the nationalist Tatrína. Hurban became a renowned poet, publisher of literary almanacs, as well as publisher and editor of religious magazines. His work is multifaceted, national-defensive, folklore, literary-historical, critical, educational, and journalistic.

Philosophical views

According to Rudolf Dupkala and Lukáš Perný Hurban's

Hegelianism to the period of Polish messianism and Schelling. Hurban concluded the Hegelian interpretation of history with an analysis and interpretation of the objectification of the spirit in the historical development of the Slavs and Slovaks with an emphasis on the manifestation of the spirit in their science, religion and literature. Philosophically interesting in this context is Hurban's idea of the manifestation of the spirit in Slavic science, which is - among other things - also a typical example of his theistic reflection of Hegel's philosophy.[6]

References

  1. ^ Szinnyei, József (1896). Magyar írók élete és munkái IV. Budapest: Hornyánszky Viktor Könyvkiadóhivatala.
  2. ^ PERNÝ, L. Jozef Miloslav Hurban. In: Slovak Matica, Online: https://matica.sk/205-vyrocie-narodenia-jozefa-miloslava-hurbana/
  3. ^ Hurban at family search.org.
  4. ^ "FamilySearch: Sign In". Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ a.s, Slovesnká pošta. "POFIS - Katalóg - Produkty - "1817 - PhDr. ThDr. H.c. Jozef Miloslav Hurban 1888 štúrovec - redaktor - historik"". www.pofis.sk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ Dupkala, Rudolf; Perný, Lukáš: Štúrovci a Hegel: K problematike slovenského hegelianizmu a anti-hegelianizmu. Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2021

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