Varijacije na temu Balkana

Author(s): Bashkim Shehu / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Najpoznatija metafora za Balkan jeste metafora mosta. Ovo poluostrvo predstavlja se pomoću te metafore kao most između Zapada, odnosno, Evrope, i Orijenta. Međutim, u meri u kojoj su metafore, zahvaljujući svojoj protejskoj prirodi u stanju da se poigravaju sa različitim značenjima, odnosno, imaju sposobnost da istovremeno ukazuju na razna značenja, ovaj most se može shvatiti i kao situacija preklapanja više balkanskih kultura.

U ovo veliko vreme

Author(s): Karl Kraus / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Početak novembra 1914., koje sam znao dok je bilo još ovako malo; koje će opet postati malo ako mu je za to ostalo vremena; i koje, pošto na polju organskog rasta nije moguć takav preobražaj, bolje da nazovemo glomaznim i zaista teškim vremenom; u ovo vreme, u kojem se događa upravo ono što se nije moglo zamisliti, i u kojem mora da se dogodi ono što se više ne može zamisliti, jer da je moglo, onda se ne bi ni dogodilo; u ovo ozbiljno vreme, koje je umrlo od smeha na pomisao da može postati ozbiljno; iznenađeno svojom tragikom ono poseže za razbibrigom, i uhvativši sàmo sebe na delu, ono traži reči; u ovo bučno vreme koje tutnji od strašne simfonije dela koja proizvode izveštaje i izveštaja koji su krivi za dela: u njemu nemojte očekivati nijednu jedinu moju vlastitu reč.

За Кипър с любов и малко носталгия

Author(s): Maya Zhilieva / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The author of this paper lived in Cyprus for four years, working as a cultural attache at the Bulgarian embassy. And, in spite of the fact that she missed her homeland, this land touched her and fascinated her in an incomparable manner. The quiet and empty streets that do not scare you because you can hear the voices of people from the gardens, sitting around the garden tables and drinking coffee. The bright blue sky that engulfs you. The sapphire endlessness of a calm sea. Palms and pink bougainvillea, parks with olive trees, oranges and tangerines tumbling down in the streets. And Cypriots - curious, smiling and well-wishing. Such as the author's neighbor, Mama Marrula, who turned 85 every one of these four years and drove her car to the supermarket so confidently. And the sun that gently touches you in the winter months and burns you in the summer. But you smile and you feel light and happy. Her gratitude goes to Father Peter, who really provoked her to write this essay about Cyprus with love and a bit of nostalgia.

Българите. Социологически погледи

Author(s): Petar-Emil Mitev / Language(s): English,Bulgarian

The book concerns the fundamental questions set by the founder of Bulgarian sociology Ivan Hadjiiski: Where are we coming from? What have we gone through? How far have we reached? Where are we going? Sociology is a science in which the person puts his imagination and heuristic potential. Sociology is a craft, in the practice of which the outcome depends on the mastery of the techniques and methodologies, the correct observance of rules and procedures. Sociology is a business that requires certain resources and also can reproduce or increase them. Sociology, however, is something else; it is not only a knowledge of society, but it is a public activity. It loses its meaning beyond the public realization or changes it if this realization does not correspond to the scientific credibility.

FAMILY AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Author(s): Bojan Petrović / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

One of the frequent excuses which can be heard from young people is: “My parents don’t understand children of my age.” Why is the generation gap so present in our families? Why are the parents and the young people in our society literally at war with each other? All these are questions which I wanted to deal with, in the wake of my previous interest, connected with this subject which is so characteristic of my milieu. Consequently, to bring the cultural trends closer to the real social trends and somehow expand the problem critically. While preparing this essay, I was greatly helped by the works of Thomas Gordon and Mirjana Obretković: “The Art of Parenthood”, and “Family Relationships, Guardianship, and Social Work”, respectively.

A BIG PROBLEM OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Author(s): Erna Oklapi / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The most difficult subject that many politicians evade, as well as the people at large, are the problems of young people today. The problem of drug consumption presents the greatest danger of all. My personal belief as regards this is simple and clear. I’m not like the “others” who “don’t know” or “don’t see” what is going on with young people. I don’t take it as a taboo subject and don’t run away from it. In the following, I want to explain that the use of narcotics by young people brings about their ruin, as well as that of the society as a whole and, finally, of the state in which drug addiction is of a mass scale.

GENERATION LOST IN FOG

Author(s): Ivan Kovačević / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

It would be quite logical that we, as members of younger generation, be turned towards our future, towards what is likely to improve our communication with the world, with the lifestyle which, in view of our age, belongs to us. Unfortunately our growing up process, our childhood, our youth, were marked by bombs, war, devastation, suffering, and consequences thereof, which prevented us from growing up in a normal social milieu and mood.

MUCH EXPECTED FROM THE YOUNG ONES

Author(s): Miloš Stoiljković / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

What is wrong with the young in Serbia? Or let us put that question in another way: why the young in Serbia lack courage, will-power, desire to engage in resolution of social issues and why do they succumb to apathy which is increasingly becoming a main feature of the Serb society? That issue shall not be raised only by an embittered member of the older generation who is also likely to say that in his youth things were different, that is, much better. It is only normal that the old level heavy criticism at the young, and that such criticism, pending on the currently political circumstances, is more or less politically charged. Aside from objections that the young are inclined to take various drugs and other inebriating substances, there are also those, age-old ones about the lack of interest of the younger generation in their fate, in the future, in the world. Young are young, old are old, young shall grow older, and we wish the old people to age well and to enjoy their deserved old age. I don’t have enough experience or a sufficiently representative specimen to judge the older generation, but I think that I have some knowledge of the young, being one of them, and that I could impart it without aspirations to drawing lo ft y conclusions and lesions.

AN INTERESTING LIFE IN - BOREDOM

Author(s): Milan Zaviša / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

I am bored! This sounds more like a sentence from a sci-fi film dealing with the key issues of the year 2075 and general ways of survival of the remaining humanoid mankind. But the problem emerges when I utter that sentence. For I don’t want people to understand it as an expression of my desperate impotence and anger in the face of fact that I wrongly leading my own life. No, in fact at issue is quite a different matter which I shall try to explicate as much as I can.

“YOU ARE WHAT YOU WATCH”

Author(s): Dejan Pataki / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Peter Gabriel, a renowned multi-media artist, at his concerts often commented, in-between his songs, that the way you dress denoted the kind of man you were, and that in one period optimists maintained that one was what one read. Gabriel ended his comments by asserting that “In the 21st century you are what you watch”. In trying to explain to myself the phenomenon of vastly retrograde, primitive, semi-literate, latently fascisoid, arrested in development Serbia, I concluded that the lethal media contents played a major role in such a development. I find it hard to talk about the print media in view of the two factors: firstly, in Serbia 50% of population is illiterate, and secondly the largest part of the print media are nor in fact –newspapers. Namely after just 10 minutes of reading papers which in this country are called tabloids, I sense emergence of certain chemical-physical processes in my body, which are best explained by some medical terms: indigestion, hysteria, unease, dizziness, and even murderous instinct.... Electronic media, that is, television, as an equivalent of the aforementioned sub-species, are a far more interesting and most certainly, more in fluential factor in shaping the mind-set of population. A reference point, or a focal point in most homes is television set, and the whole household is focused on its emissions/programs. During the war television had a leading role in the country. It was nearly as important as the police and army.

FOOTBALL FIELD

Author(s): Vladeta Milin / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

I am at a stadium. Though I am aware of importance of the match, I stare vacantly at the field. Those around me are not frenetic either. And the match goes on. Maybe the length of the match is the crux of the matter, that is of my disinterest. The match is too long to entice a stronger support from the stand. The very game is becoming monotonous. The feeling that despite all the effort and trouble we don’t have a favorable result is terribly de-motivating. The game is turning nasty with players increasingly acting as veritable brutes, and the field is so muddy that it is hard to distinguish between the players of the two teams. Yes, interest in this kind of diversion has definitely waned...

Pivo

Author(s): Jan Vít / Language(s): Slavic (Other) Publication Year: 0

This is a chapter of the Interslavic reader which is a collection of working texts for teaching the Interslavic language. / Tuto jest kapitola iz čitateljnika, ktory jest spisok tekstov do učenja medžuslovjanskogo jezyka.

Рождение историка-болгариста и общественника

Author(s): Ivan F. Grek / Language(s): Russian Publication Year: 0

Why is a Woman a Symptom of Rights?

Author(s): Renata Salecl / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Blood Ties

Author(s): Sara Lucrezi / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This brief intervention intends to consider the use of ritual oaths, typical of traditional African religions, in the initiation rites of the Nigerian mafia. As I have noted elsewhere , these rites in Nigeria are widely utilized for a wide range of social functions, and are also used within sects of various types, and in organized crime, in order to ensure close mental control over members, and consolidate the power of the leaders. I therefore intend to briefly analyze the nature of these associations and the role played in them by the rites, in Nigeria and in other countries, particularly in Italy.

The Concept of Identity in the Technological Era

Author(s): Ines Razec / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

We are currently witnessing a process of redefinition of the social structures that we are part of, through the new technologies, which are gradually entering all sectors of our lives, influencing the way we think, live, and relate to others. Since man is essentially a “political animal”, designed to evolve within a community, what impact will the digitalization era have on his behavior, especially when the physical limits imposed by the body are progressively disappearing? The objective of this study is to explore some of the subtle, but sure transformations of human behavior in the technological era, with a particular emphasis on the process of communication, personal feelings, and identity. In a more connected world than ever, where absolutely everything can be quantified, physical reality is in danger of being replaced by the virtual one. In this dynamic, the body could gradually become the only real impediment on the way to progress. Engaged in this alert race, we risk being dehumanized, in an attempt to be as similar as possible to the machines, which, undisturbed by the feelings, experiences, and behavioral predispositions specific to the human being, operate more accurately and are more effective. History shows that man essentially remains the same, with each age illustrating another facet of him. This is why, a thorough education from an early age is needed both in terms of the consequences of digitization and the means to cope with it, thus preventing us from distorting our essence.

Bes

Author(s): Vesna Rakić Vodinelić / Language(s): Serbian

Vaistinu, ne prođe ni dan, a svi već kao basmu ponavljamo da je pandemija promenila svet iz osnova. Kakva je to promena, šta se, ko se tako fundamentalno promeni(l)o? Svakodnevni život naš, svakako: udaljavanje, maske, rukavice, da li da izađem ili ne (ravno biti ili ne biti); rad od kuće; škola – ima je stvarno, ima je samo virtuelno; zatvaranje, otvaranje. Da li je ta promena dobra ili loša? Za većinu ona je bar ograničenje: komfora, uživanja u društvu, privatnosti, emocija. Dakle, loša. Negde ograničenja nameće državna ili paradržavna vlast, negde ih namećemo sami sebi. Osnov samoograničenja ređe je altruističan – zaštiti druge od sebe, češće egoističan, zaštiti sebe od nepoznatog, od straha makar. Ponekad je promena dramatična kad postane lišenje sloboda na koje smo navikli čak i u ovakvom društvu.

Dosar Nádas Péter - Hermaphrodites azi. Farmecul marginalității

Author(s): Cristina Chevereșan / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Capodoperă a structurii elegante și elaborate, Cartea memoriilor a lui Nâdas Péter se recomandă, prin acest fragment la fel de intens ca întregul, drept „cel mai bun roman contemporan și unul dintre cele mai mari ale secolului” (Susan Sontag).

Dosar Nádas Péter - Cartea memoriilor. însemnări de lectură

Author(s): Gabriel Kohn / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Îmi petrec începutul de vară cu o bursă de cercetare. Am fost servit cu o „mobilitate”. Sunt invitat să fac drumul către centrul variabilității mele geometrice, să umblu printre caleștile de lângă Burgtheater și Staatsoper, să-mi beau cafeaua în Bothanischer Garten, dar aș putea să trec chiar și pe la Café Zentral. Străbat diminețile prin cartierul Alsergrund, de unde consilierul Geyrenhoff-Doderer venea să vadă demonia istoriei asaltând Palatul de Justiție în data de 15 iulie 1927. „N-am avut niciodată impresii mai însingurate.” Citesc cuvintele în romanul lui Nâdas, dar le pot și eu rosti. Am primit o cameră într-un apartament mare dintr-o casă burgheză cum se mai găsesc în centrul Timișoarei. Camere largi cu ferestre înalte, bucătărie încăpătoare și o cămăruță care era pe vremuri a servitoarei. Am crescut într-un asemenea loc. Ar trebui să mă simt ca acasă. Atâta doar că mai am în minte astfel de camere dintr-un loc în Budapesta despre care mi s-a spus că de acum e al meu. Pe undeva sunt și acolo acasă. în casa de pe strada Petofi, de lângă cafeneaua Pilvax, în locuința în care a trăit Rado György - poate cel mai important traducător maghiar din secolul abia încheiat - și în care tatăl meu n-a mai apucat să se mute. Am petrecut acolo două nopți, în camerele golite, fără nici o piesă de mobilier, stând pe o saltea așezată pe parchetul vechi.

„Pubi lu’ Szabo”

Author(s): Adrian Onică / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Domnul Szabô este un bătrânel foarte simpatic. A muncit mult și a pus pasiune în tot ceea ce a făcut. Și-a iubit foarte tare soția și familia. Consideră că a trăit bine cu nevasta lui, timp de 55 de ani. Este un om corect, modest și cinstit. Se mândrește cu meseria de comerciant, care l-a ajutat foarte mult în viață. „în comerț am învățat să zâmbesc”, spune el. își amintește cu nostalgie de anii tinereții pe care i-a petrecut în Timișoara de altădată, în prezent trăiește singur, mai are doar o fiică în Germania. Mi-a relatat cu lux de amănunte modul în care, ucenic fiind, a deprins meseria de comerciant de la un evreu pe nume Guști bâcsi. „ Să nu furi, că cel mai mare păcat e să furi de la cel ce-ți dă pâinea ”, îi spunea acesta, și cuvintele lui i-au rămas imprimate în minte . Nu iubește banii, crede că „bagă dușmănie între oameni și-i înrăiește”. A fost foarte ordonat toată viața, așa încât, pe când era magazioner la fabrica lui Guban, acesta i-a spus odată, când a intrat în magazia lui : „ Ce-ai făcut aici, farmacie ? ”. Tot pe vremea aceea, domnul Szabô a făcut chiar și o inovație în domeniul încălțămintei. A ascultat toată viața sfatul tatălui său, care i-a spus când a ieșit calfă : „Dacă vrei să îmbătrânești și să rămâi om cinstit, să nu bei și să nu fumezi”. Același sfat l-am primit și eu de la domnul Szabô la sfârșitul interviului.