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Nova globalna javnost: Nadzor i rizici po građansku sferu
No full textIn Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1984), a galactic civilization built a super computer to answer the meaning of life. The answer, when given, is famously “forty-two”, a once both nonsense answer and one that has taken on great cache as a marker of insider nerd knowledge. Ask a computer to define the civil sphere, it would likely be able to define the binaries of hermeneutic code but it would be unable to explain why these things are meaningful to different groups. The context would escape it. This paper argues that the meaning making that results from the binary codes of the civil sphere are not compatible with a society compressed into numbers and in fact, the binaries of computer code distort meaning making into its opposite. The global nature of the public sphere through connected communications and smart devices inverts the civil sphere into making it (i.e. repressive) by enabling surveillance by anyone anywhere in the globe and therefore removing it from local context bound together by shared beliefs. To accommodate the impact of commercial surveillance enabled data collection on the civil sphere, the theory of the civil sphere must expand to consider the consequences of data collection and ordinalization through commercial surveillance – how are the binaries of the civil sphere transformed by the binaries of life reduced to data?U knjizi Daglasa Adamsa „Autostoperski vodič kroz galaksiju“ (1984), galaktička civilizacija je stvorila superkompjuter da bi dobila odgovor na pitanje o smislu života. Odgovor, kada ga ponudi, glasio je čuveno „četrdeset dva“, što je istovremeno besmislen odgovor i odgovor koji je stekao veliki značaj kao znak poznavanja insajderske štreberske kulture. Kada bi se kompjuteru postavilo pitanje da definiše građansku sferu, verovatno bi mogao da definiše binarne opozicije e hermeneutičkog koda, ali ne bi mogao da objasni zašto su te stvari značajne za različite grupe. Kontekst bi mu izmakao. Kada bi se kompjuter upitao da definiše građansku sferu, on bi verovatno bio sposoban da definiše binarne opozicije hermeneutičkog koda, ali ne bi bio sposoban da objasni zašto su ovi kodovi važni za različite grupe. Kontekst mu izmiče. Ovaj rad tvrd da je proces stvaranja značenja koji proizilazi iz binarnog koda građanske sfere, nije kompatibilan sa društvom koje je svedeno na brojeve, te da zapravo binarni kodovi kompjuterskog sistema zapravo izokreću značenja građanskog koda u njegove suprotnosti. Globalna priroda javne sfere kroz povezanu komunikaciju i pametne uređaje potpuno preokreće građansku sferu čineći je represivnom, omogućavajući nadzor bilo koga, bilo gde na svetu, i na taj način je odvaja od lokalnog konteksta u kojem se ljudi povezani zajedničkim verovanjima. Kako bi se prilagodila uticaju prikupljanja podataka omogućenog komercijalnim nadzorom na građanske sferu, teorija građanske sfere mora se proširiti kako bi uzela u obzir uticaj prikupljanja podataka i ordinalizacije kroz komercijalni nadzor – kako binarni kodovi civilne sfere bivaju pogođeni binarnim kodovima života svedenog na podatke
Alessandro Ferrara, Sovereignty Across Generations: Constituent Power and Political Liberalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023
No full textGender Justice: Reassessing Theories of Justice from Feminist Perspectives
No full textJustice is one of the central concepts of both traditional and contemporary political philosophy, always aiming to articulate the best political order/s, those devoted to the common good, the well-being of the community, and a fair share of the community’s goods among citizens. Within the mainstream theoretical tradition, discourse on justice is linked to the public sphere of law and politics, with the public/private dichotomy in the background. Feminist critical reconsideration of justice points to the crucial importance of introducing family and gender justice into the justice discourse. This chapter aims to demonstrate how family justice and gender justice are essential for a proper conception of justice within an inclusive understanding of equality in constitutional democracies and the context of global justice.
The chapter also demonstrates how contestable the mainstream division between the public and private spheres is, as well as the consequential reduction of justice to the public sphere. The chapter begins by problematizing the figure of justice as a woman, which is further developed in the first section. The second section considers the meaning and genesis of the concept of justice, with particular stress on family justice and gender justice. The third section explores the position of gender justice in contemporary theories of justice, with a particular focus on John Rawls’s conception of justice. We also consider two other mainstream theories of justice, Michael Walzer’s communitarian and Philip Green’s social-democratic theories, both of which contain elements of family and gender justice. Relevant examples of liberal feminist thought on justice of Susan Moller Okin, the feminist socialist thought on justice of Nancy Fraser, and the social justice conception of Iris Marion Young are considered in the final section
The Fall of the West and the Rise of the East: Rewriting Jewish Pasts for the Eight Hundredth Maimonides Anniversary in Sarajevo and Cairo
No full textIn spring 1935 the Jewish world celebrated the eight hundredth anniversary of Moses Maimonides's birth with public events, newspaper articles, and academic publications. At the time, the dominant historical narrative tied Rambam with Western Wissenschaft des Judentums, while the trope of Sephardic decline after the Spanish expulsion in the fifteenth century dominated narratives for eastern Mediterranean Jewry. This article argues that the initial attempt to dismiss the linear telling of eastern Mediterranean Jewish history came from the communities themselves already in the 1920s and peaked in the mid-1930s. While the 1930s unearthed deep anxieties in the Jewish world, this decade also saw a significant impulse within eastern Mediterranean communities to insert their own political and cultural stands. On the examples of Sarajevo and Cairo, this article historicizes the attempt to revise and amend Jewish historiographical narratives—long before postnationalist narratives and postcolonial revisionist histories entered modern Jewish studies
The Problem of Beauty in Architecture: An Institutional Analysis
No full textIn this essay I examine the perennial problem posed by
beauty as an architectural aim. I argue that as problematic as pursuing
this aim may be, architects cannot ultimately avoid confronting it. I then
focus on the most general question that this aim raises: can architectural
beauty be pursued largely independently of function or should the two
aims be integrated in some fashion? Following an approach outlined by
Anthony Savile, I argue that the question can only be answered by considering the institutional context of the particular architectural work.
The upshot is a pluralist view of architectural beauty, recognizing the
validity of Functionalist, Formalist, and Ornamentalist approaches in
different contexts
Sylvie Ramond and Alain Schnapp (eds.), Formes de la Ruine, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, 2024.
No full textThe Role of Art Education In The Holistic Development of The Child
No full textU teorijama holističkog vaspitanja svako ljudsko biće posmatra se
kao sistem uzajamno delujućih aspekata ličnosti. Holistički pristup
podrazumeva pomoć i podršku ostvarenju punog potencijala ličnosti
u svim dimenzijama: intelektualnoj, emocionalnoj, socijalnoj, fizičkoj,
kao i umetničkoj, moralnoj, psihološkoj, estetskoj, kreativnoj, intuitivnoj, duhovnoj i drugim. Smatra se da ljudi nisu prazne posude u
koje treba uliti unapred određeno znanje, već su misleća, osećajna,
emotivna, kreativna i intuitivna bića koja koriste sve te dimenzije kako bi upoznali svet oko sebe i delovali na njega. Savremene škole često ograničavaju obrazovno iskustvo na one sfere kojima se pristupa
znanjem i razumom, iako većina ljudi uči, rešava probleme i donosi
odluke koristeći čitavu lepezu svojih sposobnosti. To su one osobine
koje tradicionalno obrazovanje, nažalost, često zanemaruje – kreativnost, nekonformizam, originalnost, mašta i intuicija, te sposobnosti kao što su refleksija, istraživanje, preuzimanje rizika, preduzetništvo. Holistička teorija učenja usmerava nas ka tome da kod dece
treba negovati i usavršavati sve navedene odlike, sa ciljem da steknu
znanja i veštine potrebne da se u potpunosti razviju i uspešno deluju
u lokalnoj i široj zajednici. Osim što navodimo osnovne postavke holističke teorije obrazovanja i njenu primenu u školskom i nastavnom
kontekstu, u radu predstavljamo primere i pokazatelje o tome kako je
obrazovanje kroz umetničke sadržaje i metode najprirodniji put ka
celokupnom razvoju ličnosti, čime dokazujemo da umetnost i umetnički sadržaji mogu biti solidna platforma za holistički pristup razvojuIn the theories of holistic education, every human being is viewed as a system of interrelated aspects of personality. The holistic approach implies help and support for
the realization of the full potential of the individual in all dimensions: intellectual, emotional, social, artistic, moral, psychological, physical, aesthetic, creative, intuitive,
spiritual, and others. It is believed that people are not empty vessels into which predefined knowledge should be poured, but thinking, feeling, emotional, creative, and
intuitive beings who use all these dimensions to explore the world around them and
act upon it. Modern schools often limit the educational experience to those areas that
are approached through knowledge and reason, even though most people learn, solve
problems, and make decisions using the full range of their abilities. These are the qualities that traditional education, unfortunately, often neglects: creativity, nonconformity, originality, imagination, reflection, exploration, risk-taking, entrepreneurship,
and intuition. The holistic theory of learning directs us to nurture and refine all these
qualities in children, with the aim of acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for
them to fully develop and successfully function in both the local and broader community. In addition to outlining the basic principles of holistic educational theory and its
application in the school and teaching context, this paper presents examples and indicators of how education through artistic content and methods is the most natural
path to the comprehensive development of personality, thus proving that art and artistic content can be a solid platform for a holistic approach to development
Alternatives to The School Schedule From The Student’s Perspective: School at a Time of Rapid Social Development
No full textU kontekstu ubrzanog tehnološkog razvoja i promjena u društvu, sve
je očigledniji uticaj digitalizacije i globalizacije na obrazovne sisteme,
koji moraju odgovarati na nove izazove i potrebe. Uvođenje fleksibilnih obrazovnih modela postaje nužnost u eri novih tehnologija, ali i
pronalaženje novih narativa na kojima će počivati svrha obrazovanja
u budućnosti. Ovaj rad istražuje percepcije učenika o trenutnom rasporedu školske nastave i potencijalnim alternativnim modelima,
uključujući blok-raspored, semestralnu i modularnu nastavu. U fokusu istraživanja su stavovi učenika o fleksibilnosti rasporeda, relevantnosti predmeta i prilagodljivosti nastave njihovim individualnim potrebama. Kroz kvalitativni pristup fokus grupa analizirani su ključni
izazovi trenutnog sistema, kao što su preopterećenost učenika,
fragmentacija učenja i ograničena fleksibilnost. Rezultati sugerišu da
učenici favorizuju blok-raspored zbog veće fokusiranosti i manje preopterećenosti, uvođenje izbornosti predmeta i kasniji početak nastave. Ova saznanja pružaju osnovu za dalje istraživanje i unapređenje
organizacije školske nastave s ciljem povećanja efikasnosti i zadovoljstva korisnika obrazovnog sistema, s obzirom na eksponencijalni
razvoj tehnologije i promjenjive zahtjeve društva.In the context of accelerated technological development and changes in society, the
influence of digitalization and globalization on educational systems, which must respond to new challenges and needs, is becoming more and more obvious. The introduction of flexible educational models becomes a necessity in the era of new technologies, but also the finding of new narratives on which the purpose of education will
rest in the future. This paper explores students’ perceptions of the current school
timetable and potential alternative models, including block-timetable, semester and
modular teaching. The focus of the research is the students’ views on the flexibility of
the schedule, the relevance of the subject and the adaptability of the teaching to their
individual needs. Through a qualitative approach of focus groups, the key challenges
of the current system were analyzed, such as student overload, fragmentation of learning and limited flexibility. The results suggest that students favor the block schedule
due to greater focus and less overload, the introduction of elective courses and later start of classes. These findings provide the basis for further research and improvement
of the organization of school teaching with the aim of increasing the efficiency and
satisfaction of the users of the educational system, considering the exponential development of technology and the changing demands of society
Tension and Looseness: Memory, Life and Time in Bergson’s And Schelling’s Philosophy
No full textU skladu s aktuelnim istraživanjima na polju veštačke inteligencije
(eng. artificial intelligence) i u oblasti psihodeličnih supstanci (eng.
psychedelic substances), dolazi do ponovnog stavljanja koncepta svesti pod filozofsku lupu. Dva filozofa koji su dualne koncepte svesnog/
nesvesnog, sadašnjeg/prošlog i instinktivnog/inteligentnog obradili
na slične načine su nemački filozof Fridrih Vilhelm Jozef fon Šeling
(Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling) i francuski filozof Anri Bergson (Henri Bergson). Bergsonovo autonomno hipostaziranje memorije u skladu s konceptom svesti kao filter-eliminativnim mehanizmom
pruža nam eksplanatornu teoriju i bliže razumevanje specifičnih karakteristika psihodeličnog tripa/iskustva (eng. psychedelic trip) koja
nisu nužno uslovljena samo psihičko-telesnim stanjem individue
(eng. set) i okruženjem u kojem se nalazi (eng. setting). Takođe, veza
koja se javlja između stanja sna, psihodeličnog tripa, određenih psihoza i smrti, biva ispitana kroz prizmu Bergsonove ontologije u skladu
s novim naučnim uvidima i drugačijim filozofskim pozicijama među
kojima je analitički idealizam Bernarda Kastrupa (Bernardo Kastrup).
S druge strane, obrađena je geneza sadašnjeg trenutka (onog-sad)
koja je vrlo precizno i jasno izneta u Šelingovom trećem izdanju nedovršenog spisa Doba sveta, dok je odnos svesti i sadašnjeg, nesvesnog
i prošlog, u radu tumačen kao preteča nekih Bergsonovih uvida. Stoga, ponuđeni opozicioni konceptualni parovi koje nam pomenuti filozofi nude oslikavaju dualno aspektnu prirodu zbilje i pružaju obrise za
interpretiranje najvećih misterija životne simfonije.According to actual research in the field of artificial intelligence and in the area of psychedelic substances, the concept of consciousness is coming again under philosophical magnifying glass. Two philosophers who processed the dual concepts of conscious/unconscious, present/past, and instinctive/intelligent in a similar way are
German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling and French philosopher
Henri Bergson. Bergson’s autonomous hypostasis of memory, in accordance with the
concept of consciousness as a filter-eliminating mechanism, gives us an explanatory theory and a closer understanding of specific characteristics of psychedelic trips and
experiences that are not necessarily conditioned with only the psycho-physical states
of the individual and the environment in which she is located. Also, a connection we
have between the state of dream, psychedelic trip, certain psychosis, and death is going to be questioned through the prism of Bergson’s ontology in accordance with the
newest scientific research and different philosophical positions, one of which is the
analytical idealism of Bernardo Kastrup. On the other hand, the genesis of the present
moment (then-now) is dealt with, which is very precisely and clearly presented in
Schelling’s third edition of the unfinished work The Ages of the World, while the relationship between consciousness and the present, the unconscious and the past is interpreted in the work as a forerunner of some of Bergson’s insights. Therefore, the
offered oppositional conceptual pairs that the aforementioned philosophers offer us
depict the dual aspect nature of reality and provide us with outlines for interpreting
the greatest mysteries of life’s symphony
Growing Through Algorithms: Reimagining Plant Life with AI Art
No full textThis article examines the intersection of artificial intelligence, ecology, and con-temporary artistic practice through the lens of plant representation. Focusing on AI-generat-ed botanical art, it explores how algorithmic processes counteract plant blindness and foster new modes of human-plant relationality. Plants are repositioned as active agents within digi-tal-ecological narratives, disrupting their marginal status in scientific and cultural discourse. Emphasis is placed on the dual role of AI – as both a medium for ecological imagination and a source of environmental strain due to its intensive resource consumption. By integrating post-humanist perspectives, the paper frames AI-generated botanical art as a critical space where aesthetics, technology, and ecological ethics converg