The article discusses activities of the Slovenian diplomat Dr. Izidor Cankar at the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Buenos Aires in the period 1936–1942. The research of his activities is based on sources from the archives in Ljubljana and Belgrade, with a particular focus on his correspondence with leading Slovene politicians on the eve of the Second World War and during the War itself. Cankar asserted himself as a self-confident diplomat, while at the same time being the first Yugoslav envoy to set as a priority concern for the Slovene emigrants from the Primorska region.
KEY WORDS: Izidor Cankar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Argentina, diplomacy, Slovene emigrants

The article discusses activities of the Slovenian diplomat Dr. Izidor Cankar at the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Buenos Aires in the period 1936–1942. The research of his activities is based on sources from the archives in Ljubljana and Belgrade, with a particular focus on his correspondence with leading Slovene politicians on the eve of the Second World War and during the War itself. Cankar asserted himself as a self-confident diplomat, while at the same time being the first Yugoslav envoy to set as a priority concern for the Slovene emigrants from the Primorska region.
KEY WORDS: Izidor Cankar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Argentina, diplomacy, Slovene emigrants

The authors deal with the impact of migration, demographic and ethnic dynamics on employment in the Slovenian Army in connection with the contemporary dimensions of patriotism. The authors argue that the Slovenian Army as an employment organization is not prepared to adapt to contemporary social change, and is fostering traditional social values as army values. These are incongruent with contemporary social values among Slovenian youth. In their discussion the authors refer to the employment policy of the Slovenian Army that restricts the employment of immigrants/residents in Slovenia without Slovenian citizenship and people with dual citizenship on the basis of patriotism. Therefore, they put the so-called military values and especially patriotism under scrutiny. Conception of patriotism as authoritarian has a negative impact on the representative role of the Slovenian Armed Forces in Slovenian society, and in consequence also discredits its legitimacy. The negative role of the armed forces in Slovenian society is diminishing people’s interest in seeking employment in it.
KEY WORDS: migration, demography, values, patriotism, Slovenian Army

The authors deal with the impact of migration, demographic and ethnic dynamics on employment in the Slovenian Army in connection with the contemporary dimensions of patriotism. The authors argue that the Slovenian Army as an employment organization is not prepared to adapt to contemporary social change, and is fostering traditional social values as army values. These are incongruent with contemporary social values among Slovenian youth. In their discussion the authors refer to the employment policy of the Slovenian Army that restricts the employment of immigrants/residents in Slovenia without Slovenian citizenship and people with dual citizenship on the basis of patriotism. Therefore, they put the so-called military values and especially patriotism under scrutiny. Conception of patriotism as authoritarian has a negative impact on the representative role of the Slovenian Armed Forces in Slovenian society, and in consequence also discredits its legitimacy. The negative role of the armed forces in Slovenian society is diminishing people’s interest in seeking employment in it.
KEY WORDS: migration, demography, values, patriotism, Slovenian Army

Sunita Williams, American astronaut of “Slovene-Indian extraction”, flew into space on 10 December 2006. Her cosmic luggage included (Carniolan) sausages. This cosmic story about cosmic sausages was published in numerous Slovene media, in every possible form. But what happens to a cosmic sausage when it leaves the world of professional media, when it is begun to be consumed by internet users (in language)? Nothing; in fact, it remains the subject of sausaging, cosmic sausaging, meta-cosmic sausaging. And it is precisely cosmic sausaging – actually e-discourse about cosmic sausages – that is the subject of this analysis. (Translator’s note: the Slovene language has a verb (klobasati) formed from the root “sausage” (klobasa) which means “to ramble” (verbally), i.e. “to rabbit on”.)
KEY WORDS: cosmic sausaging, linguistics (of speech), speech, statement, internet

Sunita Williams, American astronaut of “Slovene-Indian extraction”, flew into space on 10 December 2006. Her cosmic luggage included (Carniolan) sausages. This cosmic story about cosmic sausages was published in numerous Slovene media, in every possible form. But what happens to a cosmic sausage when it leaves the world of professional media, when it is begun to be consumed by internet users (in language)? Nothing; in fact, it remains the subject of sausaging, cosmic sausaging, meta-cosmic sausaging. And it is precisely cosmic sausaging – actually e-discourse about cosmic sausages – that is the subject of this analysis. (Translator’s note: the Slovene language has a verb (klobasati) formed from the root “sausage” (klobasa) which means “to ramble” (verbally), i.e. “to rabbit on”.)
KEY WORDS: cosmic sausaging, linguistics (of speech), speech, statement, internet

The article brings a thematic and stylistic analysis of Lev Detela’s recent works (poetry and novel), published in this past decade (1999–2008). This is followed by an examination of the presence or absence of those specific characteristics of émigré literature in Detela’s works that are linked to memory and cultural identity. The author explains the presence or absence of these specifics by the writer’s socio-cultural role. KEY WORDS: Slovenian literature, émigré/immigrant literature, Lev Detela, narrative techniques, poetry, writer’s socio-cultural role

The article brings a thematic and stylistic analysis of Lev Detela’s recent works (poetry and novel), published in this past decade (1999–2008). This is followed by an examination of the presence or absence of those specific characteristics of émigré literature in Detela’s works that are linked to memory and cultural identity. The author explains the presence or absence of these specifics by the writer’s socio-cultural role. KEY WORDS: Slovenian literature, émigré/immigrant literature, Lev Detela, narrative techniques, poetry, writer’s socio-cultural role

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Book Review is published on SLO pages.