Humanizam i njegove percepcije
Humanism and its perception

Summary/Abstract: History abounds with the experience of man's existence, good and evil, hope and suffering. Out. of that experience there have been established the bounds of man's power, properties of things and relations towards others and oneself. Empirically and theoretically founded thought and practice become humanistic at the moment when an individual begins to measure them according to his own standards and his relations toward others. Humanism is not only an individual act, but also a collective endeavour to establish a more humane and righteous society. Theologians hold that humanism is a root of man's beginning and mercy the Lord bestowed upon an individual; therefore, one is to act as he or she is obliged to act. Social order, authorities, and system of relations differ in different societies, and they are coercive by their nature, i.e. they are opposites to humanism and equality. In the conflict of desire and hope, need and interest, different categories emerge, and they have a meaningful order of things which is always standardized. Thus standards become a measure of humanism and not a power of a coercion apparatus. What establishes the system of values reflects in the idea and practice of humanism. It is most strikingly manifested via the academic humanism that takes lead with its greatness, as well as boldness in speaking out and exercising the values it has as a unit within a system of imposed relations. Educational humanism is a part of presently varying academic affairs. Shaping a man on social values is a goal of both society and family, and therefore all social factors are involved in the process, and, in a way, they constitute the basis of educational humanism. Nowadays, man's values and humaneness are lost, while violence and power of capital take over. Faced with these new social relations, man is in a vacuum,which should be refilled with humanistic values, for, without them, neither a man can survive nor the society function.

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