Child of East and West
Child of East and West
Author(s): Vladimir PremecContributor(s): Omer Hadžiselimović (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political Philosophy, Political history, Government/Political systems, Political Essay, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Wittenberg University - Sociology Department
Keywords: Spirit of Bosnia; Bosnian Spirituality; Bosnia and Herzegovina; different religions and cultures in one place; Complex history of Bosnia;
Summary/Abstract: I wonder what I think of the phrase “Bosnian Spirit.” I admit that I seldom think of this phrase in itself, but then from another point of view it is even more self-defeating to believe that I will not be able to deal with it in any way, especially not reflectively, in the foreseeable future. Not for two reasons at least. The first is ignorance. I do not know what the concept of spirit is if you add to it the adjective “Bosnian.” The content is thereby enriched but the scope of the meaning of the universal (the scope of the general concept of spirit) is reduced. The second lies in the fact that I do not understand with any certainty this generously formulated phrase (and, I believe, metaphorically rich one) if I approach it using any method accessible to me. How then am I to take it into consideration? Even if I do not know and even if there is nothing to grasp with such a broad term, this does not give me the right, particularly in a logical sense, to deny the reality of that which I do not either directly know or fully comprehend.
Journal: Duh Bosne
- Issue Year: 18/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-4
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
