DRUŠTVENO-POLITIČKA I KULTURNA DIMENZIJA DJELOVANJA MEHMEDA DŽEMALUDINA ČAUŠEVIĆA
SOCIO-POLITICAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSION OF WORK OF MEHMED DŽEMALUDIN ČAUŠEVIĆ

Summary/Abstract: The attempt is to light up historical role of Džemaludin Čaušević, not only in religious, but, first of all, in socio-political and cultural importance. Especial attention has been paid to socio-political environment, beacuse as much as he was inspired by reformative ideas of Turkish youth, at the same time he was defined by the time and socio-political circumstances he lived in. There almost has not been more turbulent period of time in entire history of Bosnia and Herzegovina than those last decades of the 19zh and till a half of the 20th century. At that time history was recorded every day. In that context, through the prism of historical events, the article shows the influence of Causevic upon the entire socio-political and cultural circumstances. It is certain that his influence was very strong. There are many confirming facts presented in the article. One of the most important facts is the way how he used to send messages to the society (population). Even though the media have not been developed well, number of information consumers was reduced. He used to use media very actively, but the best method of communication with the population was a mosque, it was the shortest and the fastest way for his messages (a week) to get to the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the cultural plan using strength (power) of his own authority, he did his best to eliminate stereotype from Bosnian Muslims about western culture and everything what is associated to it, even certain number of "ulama" was burdened by those stereotype, what made their work more difficult. The facts presented in this article confirm that Causevic belongs to a group of outstanding person of the newest (modern) history of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Details
• Contents