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Uvežbavanje civiliteta: Izgradnja mostova u polarizovanoj Americi
No full textOver the last decade, ever-increasing polarization has exacerbated political divisions threatening both the civil sphere and democracy itself. In the United States, concern over democracy’s future has led to the growth of self-described bridgebuilding organizations. Bridgebuilding brings people from across the political aisle together for dialogue with the aim of lessening polarization. This paper examines bridgebuilding through a detailed case study of one such organization. Drawing on observation, interviews, and participant surveys, the study describes the motivations and experiences of bridgebuilders. The paper finds that bridgebuilding allows participants to “rehearse civility” experiencing the civility and goodwill they crave in their own lives and desire for the broader society in a relatively safe and controlled setting. Rehearsing civility invites participants to invoke the civil— reaffirming social bonds, speaking to a broader sense of goodwill, in turn rehumanizing their political opponents. Though not without its limitations, the growth of bridgebuilding highlights a deep desire for civility and the experiential and affective pleasure it allows. Civility as mutual regard and as bonds to democratic institutions is considered.Tokom poslednje decenije, sve veća polarizacija produbila je političke podele ugrozivši time kako građansku sferu, tako i samu demokratiju. U Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, zabrinutost za budućnost demokratije dovela je do porasta organizacija koje sebe opisuju kao „posvećene izgradnji mostova“. Izgradnja mostova podrazumeva razvoj dijaloga između ljudi suprotstavljenih političkih stavova sa ciljem smanjenja polarizacije. Ovaj rad analizira izgradnju mostova kroz detaljnu studiju slučaja jedne takve organizacije. Oslanjajući se na posmatranje, intervjue i ankete učesnika, istraživanje opisuje motive i iskustva onih koji se bave izgradnjom mostova. Rad pokazuje da izgradnja mostova omogućava učesnicima da „uvežbavaju civilitet“, da iskuse uljudnost i dobronamernost za kojom žude u sopstvenim životima i koju žele u širem društvu, i to u relativno sigurnom i kontrolisanom okruženju. Uvežbavanje civiliteta podstiče učesnike na osnaživanje građanskog, kroz učvršćivanje društvenih veza, prizivanje šireg osećaja dobronamernosti i humanizaciju političkog protivnika. Iako nije bez ograničenja, porast broja organizacija koje se bave „izgradnjom mostova“ ukazuje na duboku potrebu za civilitetom, kao i iskustvenu i emocionalnu vrednost koju dosnosi sa sobom. Razmatra se civilitet kao međusobno uvažavanje i kao veza sa demokratskim institucijama
The Terror End of Beauty
No full textNotwithstanding well-known difficulties of fitting the
concept of beauty to architectural form, beauty has been a mainstay
when it comes to talking about classical and neoclassical buildings. The
classical conception of beauty in the West is closely allied to ideas of
moral goodness, imparting to classical and neoclassical architecture a
positive ethical accent. This paper investigates another strand of ancient
conceptions of beauty that has been impactful in architecture, archaic
beauty. I argue that something like archaic beauty surreptitiously reenters
twentieth-century architectural theory and practice and adapts classicism
to it. That is, some forms of neoclassical architecture take a hybrid of archaic and classical beauty as their principle. This provides a worthwhile
lens through which to consider German fascist architecture. The ideal of
the good that fascist beauty expresses involves personal submissiveness to
charismatic leadership and a deindividualized experience of awe. Fascist
architecture, then, exists at the “terror end of beauty,” neoclassicism at
the threshold of the archaic
Discursive Strategies in Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Contemporary Serbia: Intellectuals and the Promotion of Gender as a Threat
No full textThe presentation will outline our research into discursive strategies
used to frame the concept and phenomenon of gender in the public sphere
of contemporary Serbia. We will begin by elaborating on how the concept
of gender has been interpreted in Serbia’s historical context, particularly in
the period following the democratic changes at the turn of the 21st century.
Next, we will highlight key events that captured public attention and
stirred debates related to gender and associated phenomena, such as sexuality.
Specifically, these include events like the public debate surrounding
the introduction of sexual education in primary and secondary schools in
2017, the debate over the concept of gender in biology textbooks in 2022,
and the debate over gender-sensitive language that unfolded from 2021 to
2024. Our research involves analyzing discursive strategies employed by
certain actors in the public sphere to frame the phenomenon of gender
in specific ways. The findings indicate that these strategies predominantly
portray gender as a threat to the Serbian state and its citizens and often
depict it as originating from Western countries and international organizations.
This framing positions gender as a tool for subordinating Serbia to
foreign interests. The research also identifies the main promoters of this
discourse as intellectuals, as well as state officials and political figures from
both the opposition parties and those in power
Participation, Conflicts and Community Engagement in Mining Areas: The Case of Bor and Majdanpek
No full textThe aim of this paper is to identify the motivations for community participation or lack thereof in the process of creating planning documents in mining areas. Based on the conducted research, the issues that concern residents the most within their local community will be addressed. An as- sessment of the local population’s interest in public participation in the creation of planning documents will also be provided, along with the key reasons why they do not engage more in this process. It will also explore whether and why the population feels more comfortable expressing their opinions anonymously or through direct representation. The survey was conducted during July and August 2024 with a random sample of 300 re- spondents. Additionally, an analysis of secondary sources on community engagement in in the local context of Bor and Majdanpek will be presented
Duhovna nega u švedskim zatvorima: Prakse i iskustva pružaoca duhovne nege
No full textThis study focuses on spiritual care and how it is practised and experienced by spiritual caregivers in Swedish prisons. Its goal is to understand how prison conditions of different security classes affect spiritual care practice and what strategies spiritual caregivers use to help prisoners create and maintain their religiosity. The study uses five semi-structured interviews with prison spiritual caregivers from different religious traditions in various Swedish regions. To understand their experiences and practices, the concept of lived religion is applied. Analysis shows that the prison context strongly influences spiritual care practices, especially isolation and strict rules of behaviour and interpersonal interaction. Usually, spiritual care is provided through individual and group conversations. Religious rituals, services, and reading of religious texts occur to a lesser extent. However, spiritual care practices often transcend religious boundaries and have a transformative role in inmates’ lives.Fokus ove studije je na duhovnoj nezi i načinima na koje je pružaoci duhovne nege u švedskim zatvorima praktikuju i doživljavaju. Cilj studije je da razume kako uslovi u zatvorima različitih bezbedonosnih klasa utiču na praktikovanje duhovne nege, kao i koje strategije koriste pružaoci duhovne nege kako bi pomogli zatvorenicima da stvore i održavaju svoju
religioznost. Studija počiva na pet polustrukturisanih intervjua sa zatvorskim pružaocima
duhovne nege različitih religijskih pripadnosti u nekoliko švedskih regiona. U analizi njihovih
iskustava i prakse, studija se oslanja na koncept proživljene religije (eng. lived religion). Rezultati pokazuju da zatvorski kontekst snažno utiče na praktikovanje duhovne nege, a posebno izolacija i stroga pravila ponašanja i međuljudske interakcije. Obično se duhovna nega
pruža kroz individualne i grupne razgovore. Verski rituali, službe i čitanje verskih tekstova su
prisutni u manjoj meri. Međutim, prakse duhovne nege često prevazilaze verske granice i
imaju transformativnu ulogu u životima zatvorenika
Otisak "Snaga i svetlost"
No full textDvojezični katalog izložbe (srpski/engleski) sa tekstom autora i i vizuelnim prilozima izložbenog rada
Liberalne provokacije: zašto je Karlo Roseli i danas relevantan?
No full textLiberal and socialist worldviews are often seen as being in a fundamental opposition. This is reinforced immensely either by Francis Fukuyma’s apostrophised end of history or by the thesis put forward by authors such as Patrick Deneen that liberalism has failed. The question that arises on closer examination of this assumption is whether or not it is accurate. Based on Carlo Rosselli’s work Socialismo Liberale (Liberal Socialism), this article attempts to systematically challenge this thesis. Against the backdrop of the rise of fascism in Italy, Rosselli comes to the realisation – contrary to many representatives of orthodox Marxism – that the liberal and socialist worldviews are not necessarily antagonistic to one another. In fact, they may even be mutually dependent – an important insight to think social change anew.Liberalna i socijalistička shvatanja sveta često se posmatraju kao međusobno fundamentalno suprotstavljena. Ovu predstavu snažno učvršćuju i Fukujamina teza o „kraju istorije“ i
tvrdnja autora poput Patrika Dinina da je liberalizam propao. Pitanje koje se javlja prilikom
bližeg ispitivanja ove pretpostavke jeste da li je ona tačna. Na osnovu dela Karla Roselija Socialismo Liberale (Liberalni socijalizam), ovaj članak nastoji da sistematski ospori tu tezu. U
kontekstu uspona fašizma u Italiji, Roseli dolazi do zaključka – suprotno mnogim predstavnicima ortodoksnog marksizma – da liberalno i socijalističko shvatanje sveta ne moraju nužno biti međusobno suprotstavljena. Štaviše, ona čak mogu biti međusobno zavisna – važan
uvid za ponovno promišljanje društvenih promena
Duhovnost i svest: nova vizija za dvadeset prvi vek
No full textThe rise of science over the past four centuries has undeniably brought with it a wealth of extraordinary intellectual and practical achievements, but it has also arguably contributed to a host of serious and worsening societal problems including destructive commercial exploitation of our planet’s natural resources with its cumulative negative effects on the environment and global climate; relentless commodification, marketing and consumption; extreme and increasing inequity in the distribution of wealth and opportunity; the prevalence of zero-sum “transactionalist” approaches to relationships at scales ranging from individuals to nations; widespread militarism and the ever-present threat of nuclear holocaust; and the pervasive “disenchantment” of contemporary civilization. Numerous social commentators have connected these problems directly or indirectly with the deep split between science and spirituality that has been fostered in particular over the past century by advocates of physicalism, a philosophical doctrine anchored in late nineteenth-century physics that claims to speak for science as a whole and that sees nothing in our human spiritual traditions but irrational vestiges of our intellectual childhood. In this paper I will describe how a path has opened up toward a radically different but still science-based picture of reality, one that takes consciousness as ontologically fundamental and celebrates human spiritual experiences and capacities, that is more consistent than physicalism itself with leading-edge science, and that can potentially help prevent our struggling modern civilization from sleep-walking into self-annihilation.Porast nauke tokom protekla četiri veka nesumnjivo je doneo izuzetna intelektualna i praktična dostignuća, ali je, može se tvrditi, takođe doprineo nizu ozbiljnih i sve gorih društvenih
problema, uključujući destruktivnu komercijalnu eksploataciju prirodnih resursa naše planete
sa njenim kumulativnim negativnim posledicama po životnu sredinu i globalnu klimu; neprekidnu komodifikaciju, marketing i potrošnju; ekstremnu i rastuću nejednakost u raspodeli
bogatstva i mogućnosti; prevlast transakcionih, „nulto-sumnih“ pristupa odnosima na svim
nivoima, od pojedinaca do država; rašireni militarizam i stalno prisutnu pretnju nuklearne
katastrofe; kao i sveopšti „odčarani“ karakter savremene civilizacije. Brojni društveni komentatori povezali su ove probleme, direktno ili indirektno, sa dubokim raskolom između nauke
i duhovnosti, koji su tokom proteklog veka posebno podsticali zagovornici fizikalizma – filozofske doktrine ukorenjene u fizici kasnog devetnaestog veka, koja tvrdi da govori u ime nauke u celini i koja u našim duhovnim tradicijama ne vidi ništa drugo do iracionalne ostatke
našeg intelektualnog detinjstva. U ovom radu opisaću kako se otvorio put ka radikalno drugačijoj, ali i dalje naučno zasnovanoj slici stvarnosti, onoj koja svest postavlja kao ontološki
fundamentalnu i koja afirmiše ljudska duhovna iskustva i sposobnosti, koja je doslednija savremenoj nauci nego sam fizikalizam i koja potencijalno može pomoći da se naša posrnula
moderna civilizacija spreči da u budnom stanju sklizne u sopstveno uništenje
Žan-Žak Ruso: Književnost, politika i ekonomija laži
No full textThe following paper seeks to develop – or rather discern – what could be called the politics of literature in Rousseau’s work, by attempting to situate the contradictory nature of the faculty of the imagination in relation to the possibility of lying. While the Rêveries frame literary fiction as a harmless lie, even a redemptive deployment of the imagination, the Deuxième Discours inscribes the imagination into the very logic of historical (as) violence. From this tension, the paper argues that Rousseau opens the possibility for a politics of literature: a critical praxis of a fiction that contests the re/production of the ideological foundations of law, property, and inequality, which fiction itself enabled. It will appear then, as I will argue, that Rousseau’s description of a natural, pre-historic condition without (the possibility of) fiction is itself inscribed in this battle of fiction against fiction: the politics of literature.Ovaj rad nastoji da razvije – ili, preciznije, da prepozna – ono što bi se moglo nazvati politikom književnosti u Rusoovom delu, nastojeći da situira protivurečnu prirodu moći imaginacije u odnosu na mogućnost laganja. Dok Sanjarenja predstavljaju književnu fikciju kao bezopasnu laž, pa čak i kao iskupljujuću upotrebu imaginacije, Drugi diskurs upisuje imaginaciju
u samu logiku istorijskog (kao) nasilja. Iz ovog napetog odnosa rad izvodi argument da Ruso
otvara mogućnost politike književnosti: kritičke prakse fikcije koja osporava re/produkciju
ideoloških temelja zakona, svojine i nejednakosti, koje je i sama fikcija omogućila. Pokazaće
se, kako ću tvrditi, da je Rusoov opis prirodnog, praistorijskog stanja bez (mogućnosti) fikcije
sam upisan u ovu borbu fikcije protiv fikcije: politiku književnosti