The Role of Science and Academies in the Development of the Society Cover Image

Улога науке и академија у развоју друштва
The Role of Science and Academies in the Development of the Society

Author(s): Rajko Kuzmanović
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social development, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Српска академија наука и уметности

Summary/Abstract: The academies, as the highest scientific institutions, have a progressive role in the development of the society of future. The mission of the academies is going to be realized by the raising dignity of the science, elimination of general negative phenomena, activa tion of scientific and research potentials at individual, group and institutional level. That will prove the science as a strong energy, and the academies as a most important institutions of science and art. But, the academies themselves don’t have concrete power (finances, economy, political power, military forces, police forces etc.) that is used to impose the will of stronger. The problem on the way to better future and healthier society is a power world that gives no possibilities and other models than American globalism and European unionism. The small countries and nations are faced to the problem of being incorporated in such models. Even so, we could see the glimmer of hope in accession to the European Union. It remains to us, as a generation which history gave the role to find the way for better and healthier society, better future, to keep working on, counting on constellation of Academy’s members, distinguished persons and scientist as academician Milorad Ekmečić was.