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The meaning and application of empathy in psychotherapy
No full textThe role of empathy in psychotherapy is essential, however it is not unrestricted. There are situations where empathy might actually degrade the effects of the psychotherapeutic process. This lecture develops key elements of empathy as it is used in psychotehrapy and delineates its limitations
Commodification and Culture Industry: Understanding Trap Folk and ‘Gaser’ Style in Serbia and Beyond
No full textКapitalistički tržišni sistem postindustrijskog društva postepeno obuhvata sve društvene odnose i podvodi celokupnu društvenu i kulturnu sferu pod svoju logiku akumulacije profita. Muzika takođe nastaje u okvirima ekonomske transformacije društva i predstavlja značajnu odrednicu identiteta i stila mladih. U ovoj studiji analiziramo nastanak i karakteristike trep folk muzike i „gaserskog“ stila među mladima u Srbiji i regionu. Kako bismo bolje razumeli osobenosti novonastalog muzičkog pravca i sa njim povezanog stila, prevashodno analiziramo značaj komodifikacije i kulturne industrije. Metodološki oslonjena na kvalitativnu analizu popularnih trep folk pesama, vizuelnog predstavljanja i slenga među najpopularnijim trep folk umetnicima, naša studija ukazuje na prisutnost globalne potrošačke kulture i političku apatiju među mladima na Balkanu, koja se odražava i na formiranje fluidnih identiteta bez vidljive autentičnosti i dubljeg značenja stila. Uprkos vidljivom odsustvu političkog otpora, zaključujemo da je klasna pripadnost važna odrednica novonastajućeg gaserskog stila i identiteta, što nije slučaj u okviru postsupkulturnih socioloških rasprava o supkulturama mladih.The capitalist market system of post-industrial society gradually encompasses all social relations as it subsumes the entirety of social and cultural realms under its profit-making logic. Music is also deeply immersed in economic transformations of society and is a significant determinant of youth identities and style. In this study, we
analyze the origin and characteristics of trap folk music and gaser style among young
people in Serbia and the former Yugoslav region. In order to better understand the peculiarities of the new music genre and the style associated with it, we primarily analyze the importance of commodification and the cultural industry. Methodologically
based on a qualitative analysis of popular trap folk songs, visual representation and
slang among the most popular trap folk artists, our study points to the presence of
global consumer culture and political apathy among young people in the Balkans,
which also reflects the formation of fluid identities without visible authenticity and
deeper meaning. Despite the apparent absence of political resistance, we conclude
that class affiliation is an important determinant of the emerging gaser style and identity, which is not the case in post-subcultural sociological discussions about youth
subcultures
What We Know About Mega-Projects in Serbia
No full textU Srbiji je u ovom trenutku u toku implementacija nekoliko projekata čije bi ih karakteristike svrstale u kategoriju megaprojekata. Implementacija megaprojekata može biti sredstvo neoliberalne autoritarizacije, (re)centralizacije i značajne degradacije institucionalnog sistema zaštite javnog interesa u planiranju, odnosno degradacije prava javnosti da učestvuje u donošenju odluka. Srbija, kao „protodemokratija“ posebno je izložena štetnim društveno-ekonomskim posledicama implementacije ovog mehanizma urbanog razvoja. Primenom metoda sistematičnog pregleda literature istražena je literatura o planiranju i implementaciji megaprojekata u Beogradu i Srbiji i dat je doprinos razumevanju uticaja megaprojekata na transformaciju institucionalnog okvira urbanističkog planiranja u Srbiji. Analiziran je sadržaj dvanaest članaka, a rezultati su prikazani kroz prikaz kriterijuma vezanih za društveni kontekst implementacije megaprojekata u Srbiji tj. kroz analizu mehanizama obezbeđivanja legitimiteta megaprojekata u Srbiji, načina i posledica donošenja odluka, odnosa države i investitora tj. politike i krupnog kapitala, koristi od megaprojekata i analizu mehanizama kontrole negativnih efekata sprovođenja megaprojekata. Kao rezultat kritičke uporedne analize izdvojene literature predloženi su mogući dalji pravci istraživanja teme i to ka utvrđivanju postojanja eventualnih razlika u karakteru planiranja i implementacije megaprojekata spram porekla glavnih finansijera, uzimajući u obzir političke i društvene okolnosti koje Srbiju i Balkan čine strateški važnim mestom u globalnoj preraspodeli političkih i ekonomskih uticaja. Takođe, ukazano je na potrebu za širenjem obuhvata istraživanja i na eventualne megaprojekte planirane u periodu nakon početka implementacije projekta „Beograd na vodi“, kako bi se dao doprinos utvrđivanju stvarnog karaktera i dugoročnih posledica mehanizama aktiviranih za potrebe implementacije projekta „Beograd na vodi“ na transformaciju institucionalnog okvira planiranja u Srbiji.In Serbia, several projects which can be characterized as mega-projects are currently
being implemented. The implementation of mega-projects can serve as a means of
consolidation of neoliberal authoritarianism, (re)centralization, and significant degradation of the institutional system protecting the public interest in planning, or the
degradation of the public’s right to participate in decision-making. As a “proto-democracy,” Serbia is particularly vulnerable to the harmful socio-economic consequences of implementing this mechanism of urban development. This systematic literature
review explores the scientific knowledge on the planning and implementation of mega-projects in Belgrade and Serbia, contributing to understanding the impact of mega-projects on the transformation of the institutional framework of urban planning in
Serbia. The results of the content analysis of twelve articles are presented through
criteria related to the social context of implementing mega-projects in Serbia, namely
through an analysis of mechanisms ensuring the legitimacy of mega-projects in Serbia, methods and consequences of decision-making, the relationship between the
state and investors (politics and big capital), benefits of mega-projects, and an analysis of mechanisms to control the negative effects of implementing mega-projects.
As a result of critical comparative analysis of the literature, possible further research
directions have been proposed towards determining the existence of any differences
in planning and implementation of mega-projects regarding the origin of the main investors, considering the political and social circumstances that make Serbia and the
Balkans strategically important in the global redistribution of political and economic
influence. Also, there is an indication of the need to expand the scope of research to
include any mega-projects planned after the start of the implementation of the Belgrade Waterfront project, to contribute to determining the real character and longterm consequences of the mechanisms activated for the purpose of implementing the
Belgrade Waterfront project on the transformation of the institutional framework of
planning in Serbia
Summoning Up the Past: Detecting Legal Change Through Architecture’s Evidence
No full textThis essay puts on the table the following question: how has architecture helped catalyze legal change? I use as a specific illustration a debate regarding the codification of English common law that took place between Jeremy Bentham and William Blackstone in the late eighteenth century. Bentham and Blackstone’s competing architectural metaphors provided vivid illustrations of perceived dangers that they saw underlying proposed changes in law. The debate shows not only how powerful architectural metaphors were in constructing legal reform. It also demonstrates how novel architectural ideas can mask the lack of substantive changes in legal practice
Suprotstavljanje postmodernim genealogijama: Brandom, Hegel i logika samoodređenja
No full textIn his recent A Spirit of Trust, Robert Brandom interprets Hegel as proposing a conception of normativity that overcomes the shortcomings of both modernity and its critics. Brandom’s Hegel asks for a “hermeneutics of magnanimity”, in opposition to what Paul Ricœur labelled the “hermeneutics of suspicion”. According to Brandom, “great unmaskers” of modern normativity like Nietzsche or Foucault make use of the delegitimizing force that characterizes genealogical explanation. Their suspicion is that what is thought to be normative is conditioned by contingencies that undermine that very normativity. In this paper, while raising objections against Brandom’s reading, I want to hold on to his idea that Hegelian philosophy counters those subversive postmodern genealogies. Instead of focusing, as Brandom does, on the end of the “Spirit” chapter in Hegel’s Phenomenology, I draw on Hegel’s logic of self-determination. Contrary to the “great unmaskers”, for Hegel, explanation of something through reference to some external or contingent factor is parasitic on explanation that explains something through itself.U svom nedavnom „Duhu poverenja“, Robert Brandom tumači Hegela kao predlagača kon cepcije normativnosti koja prevazilazi nedostatke kako modernosti, tako i njenih kritičara.
Brandomov Hegel traži „hermeneutiku velikodušnosti“, u suprotnosti sa onim što je Paul Ri ker nazvao „hermeneutikom sumnje“. Prema Brandomu, „veliki razotkrivači“ moderne nor mativnosti poput Ničea ili Fukoa koriste delegitimišuću silu koja karakteriše genealoško
objašnjenje. Njihova sumnja jeste da je ono što se smatra normativnim uslovljeno nepredvi đenim okolnostima koje potkopavaju upravo tu normativnost. U ovom radu, dok iznosim
zamerke protiv Brandomovog čitanja, želim da se zadržim na njegovoj ideji da se hegelijan ska filozofija suprotstavlja tim subverzivnim postmodernim genealogijama. Umesto da se
fokusiram, kao što Brandom čini, na kraj poglavlja „Duh“ u Hegelovoj fenomenologiji, osla njam se na Hegelovu logiku samoodređenja. Za razliku od „velikih demaskira“, za Hegela,
objašnjenje nečega kroz upućivanje na neki spoljašnji ili kontingentni faktor parazitira na
objašnjenju koje objašnjava nešto kroz samo sebe. Ovo poslednje je artikulisano samosve snim životom u kome se konceptualni momenti univerzalnosti, posebnosti i individualnosti
ne rastavljaju
Ka an-arhičnom etosu
No full textThe French philosopher Gilles Deleuze has never stated his intention to write or create a work of ethics or moral philosophy, at least not in the traditional sense of the term used to describe a ‘genre’ of the discipline of philosophy. However, this paper argues that a close attention to Deleuze’s philosophical thought manifests an ethos which calls us to ponder the possibility of creating a way of being that is profoundly an-archic (without an ἀρχή [archē]), in a sense that it opposes any form of dogmatism and/or hierarchies. In other words, it opposes a notion of ‘a ground’ or origin – an ἀρχή [archē]. The examination of this an-archic ethos is manifested through Deleuze’s distinction between ethics and morality and his reading of the works of two of his main philosophical predecessors, Friedrich Nietzsche and Baruch Spinoza.Apstrakt
Francuski filozof Žil Delez nikada nije izjavio da namerava da napiše ili stvori delo etike ili
moralne filozofije, barem ne u tradicionalnom smislu izraza koji se koristi za opisivanje „žanra“
filozofske discipline. Međutim, ovaj rad pokazuje da dublje čitanje otkriva da Delezovova fi lozofska misao manifestuje etos koji nas poziva da razmislimo o mogućnosti stvaranja načina
postojanja koji je duboko an-arhičan (bez ἀρχή [archē]), u smislu da se protivi svakom obliku
dogmatizma i/ili hijerarhije. Drugim rečima, suprotstavlja se pojmu „osnova“ ili porekla – ἀρχή
[archē]. Ispitivanje ovog an-arhičnog etosa se manifestuje kroz Delezovu razliku između etike
i morala, kao i kroz njegovo čitanje dela dvojice njegovih glavnih filozofskih prethodnika, Fri driha Ničea i Baruha Spinoze
How we (used to) remember the Partisans. Culture of memory and art form during and after Yugoslavia
No full textThis paper contends that, under certain socio-political circumstances and in given historical periods, some art forms become particularly powerful means of expressing collective ideas about a shared past. Might artistic forms themselves tell us something about the social function of collective memory, as well as about the society that “addresses” its past through them? In an attempt to answer this question, the paper will look at the distinctive artistic expressions for remembering the Yugoslav anti-fascist Partisan movement and World War II at three moments in time, during which the memory of World War II was respectively (1) institutionalized as a narrative of the Partisan struggle and victory (through monumental memorials), (2) then called into question and remolded into “dissident” literary narratives, to eventually become (3) a form of activist socio-cultural critique of both nationalist memorialization in post-Yugoslav states and contemporary capitalist realities (through choir singing)
Crowdfunding for health care expenses: Concerns and implications
No full textThe emergence of crowdfunding as a means to gather financial support for medical expenses has become a global phenomenon. As the prevalence of medical crowdfunding increases within regional contexts, including in Serbia, this article aims to offer a framework for understanding this phenomenon and its ramifications. Drawing upon a review of literature and research mostly pertaining to Anglo-Saxon crowdfunding practices, we contend that the proliferation of medical crowdfunding, which is facilitated by technological advancements, signifies inherent deficiencies within healthcare systems, exacerbated by the erosion of the welfare state. While addressing immediate financial exigencies for some individuals, this practice engenders substantial social, political, and ethical dilemmas. Structured into three sections, the article contextualizes the catalysts propelling the emergence of medical crowdfunding, notably the transformations in welfare regimes. Subsequently, it delves into the opportunities and challenges presented by crowdfunding for medical expenses, while the third section delineates the implications for healthcare systems and policies, underscoring the necessity for research elucidating medical crowdfunding within the contexts of post-socialist countries.The emergence of crowdfunding as a means to gather financial support for medical expenses has become a global phenomenon. As the prevalence of medical crowdfunding increases within regional contexts, including in Serbia, this article aims to offer a framework for understanding this phenomenon and its ramifications. Drawing upon a review of literature and research mostly pertaining to Anglo-Saxon crowdfunding practices, we contend that the proliferation of medical crowdfunding, which is facilitated by technological advancements, signifies inherent deficiencies within healthcare systems, exacerbated by the erosion of the welfare state. While addressing immediate financial exigencies for some individuals, this practice engenders substantial social, political, and ethical dilemmas. Structured into three sections, the article contextualizes the catalysts propelling the emergence of medical crowdfunding, notably the transformations in welfare regimes. Subsequently, it delves into the opportunities and challenges presented by crowdfunding for medical expenses, while the third section delineates the implications for healthcare systems and policies, underscoring the necessity for research elucidating medical crowdfunding within the contexts of post-socialist countries
Change between Heraclitus and Deleuze: archaism and the changing past
No full textThe presentation aims to delve into Deleuze’s interpretation of Bergson’s theory of time. The goal of this presentation
is to illustrate how, through Bergson, Deleuze introduces a fresh understanding of temporal progression,
diverging from Heraclitus’ metaphor for change as a flowing river by integrating the concept of “coexistence”
between past and present as a catalyst for change.
In the subsequent section, I will demonstrate how this notion of “coexistence” of the past and present leads
to a redefinition of the past as a dynamic entity subject to continual transformation. In essence, the past is
not simply a static relic of the present, or rather, a residue of change, “closed off” in memory, but is subject to
change itself, as is memory itself. To elaborate on this concept, I will examine Deleuze and Guattari’s political
writings, particularly their exploration of “archaism”, which involves revitalizing apparently “outdated” historical
lifestyles and modes of existence in political, cultural and economic spheres, arguing that archaism appears
as an intrinsic element of the “capitalist present”. In other words, capitalism’s own present requires a continual
transformation of the past and historical memory in order to supplement its own structures of belief – for better
or worse.
Through this presentation, I aim to show that Heraclitus’ metaphor of change as a “flowing river” need not
be dismissed; rather, it necessitates a nuanced reinterpretation through Bergson’s and Deleuze’s conceptual
framework