Editorial

Dear readers and friends,

It is our pleasure to inform you that the Bulgarian Association of American Studies was accepted as a regular member of the European Association for American Studies.

Congratulations to all of you!

In the different sections of the third issue of our Bulgarian Journal of American and Transatlantic Studies you will find several articles written by BASA's member...

Author: Dr. Madeleine Danova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

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Anti-Americanism as a Motive for East European - Latin American Political Contacts during the Cold War Years (a case study)

A unique example for intensive contacts of an East European political organization with various partners of different political orientation in Latin America was the case of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Party (BANU). Founded in 1899, BANU became one of the most influential centrist parties in Central-East Europe after the World War I. It won the parliamentary elections in 1919, and created its cabinet from 1920 until June 1923, when a mil...

Author: Dr. Jordan Baev, Associate Professor of History, Georgy Rakovsky Defence and Staff College, Sofia

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От суверенитета на разума към суверенитета на краля: новаторство и традиционализъм в политическата философия на Френското просвещение

През ХVІІІ век във Франция настъпва дълбока промяна в начина на мислене на образованите хора. Една нова философия идва да замени властта на догмите и на традициите. Тя не е систематизирана и единна — „колкото „философи“, толкова и философии“(*1), — но няколко главни идеи обединяват всички прогресивни мислители. Философите възприемат възгледа, че развитието на природата е подчинено на „естествени закони&ld...

Author: Dr. Rossitza Tasheva, Sofia University

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