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In this paper we analyze conceptual metaphors used in social network communication. We focus on conceptual metaphors regarding the Covid-19 epidemics in Facebook status updates of the Italian minister of foreign affairs Luigi de Maio. Using a cognitive linguistics approach to text and based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory we analyze five metaphors: orientational metaphors, as well as the CURING THE VIRUS IS WAR, THE STATE IS A PROTECTOR, and FIGHTING THE VIRUS IS A GAME metaphors. Our main goal is to analyze the ways in which conceptual metaphors manifest and what their political goal is. We hypothesize that conceptual metaphors, seeing as we analyze a specific type of political discourse, are a part of a political machinery whose goal is the promotion of a single political party. Our research shows that conceptual metaphors have an ideological and a political purpose; further more they are completely adequate for the creation of political myths. The results of this paper can be further used in research on the analysis of (political) discourse, specific analysis of conceptual metaphors, and in more detailed research on the communi - cation about the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the phenomen of snobbery as a all present form of value system in modern society. We can say that today’s world rests on a form of behavior which is, frankly speaking, dehumanized, narcissistic, and in desire of greater self-promotion, extremely materialized. Globalization and the accelerated flow of services, goods and people, have also contributed to this, creating a hybrid global culture and its associated values. Such circumstances are the basis for the creation of a worldview and way of life that is especially evident in the 21st century, the century of technology, when it is very easy to present a distorted and self-constructed version of oneself. The paper problematizes and actualizes, from a sociological and psychological point of view, the characteristics of the snob and his social position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, it is argued that symbolic interactionism and hermeneutics are possible strategies for the sociological determination of culture in the context of contemporary transformations of "cultural identities". The paper is based on the assumption that contemporary reflections on the sociological question of culture, due to the overemphasis of empirical research, have lost sight of some classic theoretical starting points that can be an important resource in determination and a better understanding of the general spiritual crisis of the modern world. With this idea in mind, the paper tries to accentuate two theoretical paradigms in the domains of their classical interpretation with the possibility of "strategic adjustment" of certain conceptual frameworks aimed at problematizing cultural reality on the "glocal" level. The paper in its various aspects is critical of the "Balkan" understanding of culture in the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By the end of the 18th century, Italy was under Napoleon’s dominance. It was the time when centuries-long European values were being changed due to the Industrial, but also French revolution. The outcome of these enormous changes was an emergence of two artistic movements – neoclassicism and preromanticism that co-existed in Italy at the time. The most renowned Italian author of the 19th century, Ugo Foscolo, is a representative of both of these movements in the Italian literature. Neoclassicism and preromanticism emerged in the attempt to find an alternative to the same issues and, therefore, they co-existed in the same period of time, the elements of which are often present in the same authors, or even in one work of art. Foscolo is the author of Grazie, a neoclassical masterpiece of Italian literature, but also of the most significant work of the Italian preromanticism, the novel titled The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis. Both of these works present an attempt to escape the disappointing circumstances of the period in question. What is relevant is not the different directions at which these attempts of escapism were pointed, but the very need to do so. Culturally, in both cases, the rejection of the reality is evident. Both tendencies may be observed as a quest for an alternative to the existing conditions that are depressing: for neoclassicism, the alternative is found in the ideal of beauty and harmony, distant from the historical horrors and defeats. For preromanticism, it is the depths of one’s own self, in the union with nature, pastorally viewed as the centre of life’s authenticity. The different directions of escapism are no longer of any importance, but the very need to escape, which is what these two movements have in common. What we are about to explore in the present paper are the characteristics of neoclassicism and preromanticism in Italian literature, primarily in the works of Ugo Foscolo, the most influential Italian author of that period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I will explicate neoliberal contribution to human suffering of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. I will give an explanation about connections of modernisation process with social uncertanities and creation of world risk society. I will connect neoliberal capitalist paradigm with basic mechanisms of social uncertanity, showing the modes which contribute to interests of global capital. Exploatation of risk and profiting on human tragedies are one of the ways of capital reproduction, and I will connect that with political and economic practices during the COVID-19 crisis. Above all, I want to show how the commercialization of society neglects basic human welfare and that the domination of ideology of globalism doesn’t have any intentions to make global society more stable place, because it doesn’t know any efficient, on collective wellbeing directed, mechanisms of leading global processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I present an analysis of modern society, which under the influence of indicators of modernization and globalization produces risks that affect people globally with increasing uncertainty and uncertainty. Starting from Beck’s ideas, the conceptual understanding of risk is pointed out, including the concept of contemporary world events related to the emergence of COVID-19. The historical aspects of the modernization of aid to science and technological innovation and the role of capitalism, which has its foundations in this for the purpose of maximizing profits and increasing risk, are pointed out. I explain the triangulation of the terms globality, globalism and globalization and their connection with neoliberal ideology. Te wants to show how such processes have made it difficult to control and respond to COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the evolution of the concept of the author in the context of French literature, with special regard to the literary production of the Middle Ages. It further explores the extent to which contemporary literary theory and meditations on the status of the author and literary works are pertinent to the study of medieval literature. Drawing a parallel between the anonymity of medieval literary productions and the symbolic death of the author in the 20th century, the paper points to the ways in which medieval studies exploit contemporary literary theory in the analysis of auctorial ‘I' of the medieval era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper, I analyze the conceptual and contentual definition of selfhood, its individual and collective component, and its modernist objectivity within ethnic and national identities. As a concrete historically shaped and determined creation, personal selfhood is subject to the dialectic of social reality which in the era of modernity obtains its sociopolitical merit within the nation and its institutional analogue - the national state. On the other hand, postmodern tendencies change the image of selfhood as a coherent and permanently anchored being by focusing on the phenomena of decentralization, fragmentation and heterogeneity. The central thesis of the paper is that the postmodernist image of social reality and the related image of a fragmented personal selfhood cannot eliminate the influence, intensity and efficiency of nations, national identity and nationalism, and in itself is unable to eliminate these modernist determinants from the components of postmodern / post-national individual and collective identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I discuss some of the important questions that occupy the attention of contemporary sociologists of religion, trying to point to some of the methodological and theoretical problems which gain wider relevance when they are situated in the context of the transformation of modern society and the role that religion holds within that transformation. The paper starts with the premise that we are witnessing a deep "crisis" of both modern society and social sciences. In the paper, I set some problems that are based on contemporary sociological understanding of issues such as: religious pluralism, the return of religions, the meeting of Europe and Islam, the models of relations between the state and religion, and the problem of religion in transitional societies with examples relevant to Bosnia and Herzegovina society. The paper consists of an introduction, three chapters and a conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the analysis of Brandom's approach to epistemology from the perspective of his normative inferentialist philosophical project. The paper presents the basic ideas of Brandom's interpretation of epistemic concepts and the interpretation of the way in which they are applied to the understanding of different types of language practice. Brandom's thesis will be shown in which language practices are the only topos for a true understanding of fundamental epistemological concepts such as knowledge, rationality, etc. The central part of the research is related to Brandom's use of a normative vocabulary for understanding the epistemic aspect of communicative practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper explicates Hans Mol's basic principles of identity theory of religion focusing on the relationship of the central theoretical concepts in the context of his sociology of religion - concept based on observing the relation between social production of the structure of the identity and the sacred. It is shown that religion for Hans Mola is understandable and determinable from the perspective of “mechanism of sacralization of the identity” specifying each of its constituent elements. The paper positions the role that Hans Mol took up on the debate about the secularization of the sixties and seventies from which certain conclusions can be made that the debate had the famous “theoretical logic of sociology” (Jeffrey C. Alexander). Among other things, the paper discusses also the authentic consequences of the “identity theory of religion” which are expressed in the form of sacralization of any scientific or political discourse. This paper is structured from introduction, three chapters and conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the analysis of Gellner modernist theory of nationalism and its orientation towards specific components that are generated during the period of European modernism which enabled the construction of the nation as a socio-political constructs of that time. What will be shown is that Gellner's conception of nationalism cannot be interpreted in the context of the discussion about “battered metaphors” which lost its use value in the era of modern social organizations, and that nationalism is not merely an instrumental activity which becomes meaningless after the completion of the process of creating homogeneous national states. The paper aims to show how Gellner's insights and methods of objectifying the nationalist project in the era of modernity can be read as a useful matrix of immanent nationalism as a broader socio-cultural and sociopolitical phenomenon that shapes the national states, multi-national communities, “super-nations” and other state entities of the contemporary world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I analyse Avicenna's understanding the relation between ontology and theology in Aristotle's 'Metaphysics'. My starting points are the Aristotle's understanding of metaphysics and analysis of his very book 'Methaphysics', which is put together for the first time by Andronicos from Rhodos. Following this, I examine Avicenna's understanding of Aristotle's work. In the central part of this paper, I am explaining Avicenna's synthesis in regard to the Aristotle's Metaphysics, which represents the original interpretation of relation between ontology, as science on being qua being, and theology, as science on God. My intention is to demonstrate Avicenna's synthesis of these two disciplines, as well as his use of a concept of necessary being for understanding the metaphysics as both unique and coherent science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The late 19th century art in Western Europe was marked by Art Nouveau, or Secession on the territory o f the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Certainly this movement is extremely important for Europe, as well as for the entire World, with exceptional importance. At the same time, due to its size, other aesthetics that were his contemporary are rarely mentioned. The paper draws attention to the traditional Islamic calligraphy, which was present during the Austro-Hungarian period in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This calligraphy, though it never had the opportunity to be present in all the Monarchy, has a high aesthetic quality. After finding concrete examples it isobvious presence of the active calligraphers and organized schools of calligraphy. The main aim of this paper is to encourage art historians and art theorists to give more space on research Islamic art in the history o f art of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I discuss Putnam's concept of semantic externalism that emerged as a result of critical examination of traditional semantic schemes and their related research methods of meaning of the linguistic phenomena. By rejecting individualistic psychologisation of meaning, Putnam pointed to the role of language communities where individuals of communicative practices in different language games manifest the knowledge of language facilities usage thus verifying the correct methods of the usage. This approach led Putnam to the idea of division of linguistic labor and its associated concepts of stereotypes that are normative patterns of semantic procedures and that show ways in which the social environment should be treated in relation to the semantic questions. In this paper, I want to analyse the above mentioned schemes that have made Putnam's project the basis for a different understanding of the semantic topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I analyse the characteristics of the international criminal law as a part of the public international law and as a specific research discipline, as well as the characteristics of the relationship between the international criminal law and the criminal law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper reviews the historical-juridical position of the international criminal law through the debate on its theoretical and political status, and the practical implications and effectiveness of this type of legal system, which is the subject of analysis about the complex ways the International Tribunal in The Hague is functioning. On the other hand, the character of the dominant influence of the international criminal law on the legal structure is discussed, as well as functioning of the criminal law of Bosnia and Herzegovina and, in general, of the complex domestic legal system. The paper's thesis is that despite the legal heteronomity and the redistributive criminal justice legislation, international criminal law exists, and that it is in the fundamental relationship with the international criminal justice system as an ambient of coordination and coherent functioning of the criminal legal norms at the global level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I consider the relation between Dorothy E. Smith's critical sociology and Durkheim's understanding of society through Randle J. Hart and Andrew McKinnon's text entitled as Sociological Epistemology: Durkheim's Paradox and Dorothy E. Smith's Actuality in which these authors favour the reflections of this theoretician as a more objective, direct and actual form of description of the social reality compared to those offered by Emile Durkheim. Special attention is given to their critique of Durkheim's dualism and their reference on intersubjectivity and consensuality of reflexive sociology which does not see the social world in the binary form (individuality-sociability). Main thesis of this paper is that the analysis of these two sociologists have neglected Durkheim's own insights on this issue, and that, on the other hand, some of the critical remarks related to Durkheim's sociological position can already be read in the works of his contemporaries within the classical sociological discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses the impact of Hague Tribunal verdicts on the process of reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I analyze the original documents of Hague Accusations for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and final verdicts with imposed sentences. As an example I take some elements of the indictment and the verdict to Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić, Jadranko Prlić and others, and Rasim Delić. After researching the documents, I show how brutal facts of war crimes mutually relate to the interpretation of these facts by the public (international and domestic) and the political instrumentalization of those facts that goes from distortion to negation of factual events. However, research shows that the process of reconciliation and restoration of confidence is strongly influenced by the truth that Hague tribunal determines in the process of punishing those responsible for crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These verdicts are based on verified facts, and not feelings and emotions. These facts are the basis of the real truth about the war and the events that took place in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina but also wider. In conclusion, I suggest that the process of reconciliation must be followed by a new policy that leaves the war in the past and turns to the future, and which backs the trust in coexistence and respects the rights of citizens throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper is analysed what I calla “naturalistic turn” in Averroes' philosophy. I examined the causes that led to it, i.e. problems that Averroes attempted to solve within his “Aristotelianism”, as well as the originality of his thought. By the term “naturalistic turn” I meant to describe a rather radical twist in history of philosophy which was initiate by Averroes. This twist consists in his emphasis of philosophy of nature as demonstratively the most reliable science, contrary to his predecessors who considered this place strictly reserve for metaphysics. Averroes' idea culminated with the thesis that philosophy reflects positive knowledge that is based on the natural sciences, and that every attempt to establish metaphysics independently from the philosophy of nature results with a closed tautological system that has no external meaning, and that is therefore bound to failure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paper discusses feminist contributions to contemporary media critique and research, focusing in particular on two fields: primarily on stereotypes of gender roles and identities, and secondly on ideological character and agency of the media in support to patriarchal social relations. By introducing gender perspective we intend to highlight the significance of research of gender and feminist approaches within critical media theory considering its unjustified marginalization. Our research uses analytical framework allowing inquiry into three interrelated aspects of the problem: women as media workers, representation of women in the media and changes in representation practices in the internet era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first part of this paper, I explain the main intention of the research, which is to explain and emphasize the importance of al-Farabi's conception of happiness, as well as the central place of the theory of happiness within his entire philosophical oeuvre. Also, I will take into account other aspects of al-Farabi's philosophy, such as his understanding of jihad and struggle of the soul. An indispensable factor in the shaping of al-Farabi's teaching, especially his thoughts about happiness, is the influence of Islam and Greek philosophy. I will discuss the importance and influence of Plato and Aristotle to al-Farabi's conception of happiness on the one hand, and Islamic spiritual and cultural tradition which represents a crucial element that encouraged al-Farabi to make a step forward in relation to his Greek predecessors on the other. In the last section of the paper, I discuss the importance of al-Farabi's conception of happiness for understanding of medieval philosophy, which is best reflected in his direct influence on the main representative of the medieval Jewish philosophy - Moses Maimonides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I problematize Merleau-Ponty's notions about body and bodyness developed in his major work Phenomenology of Perception. Particular understanding of the phenomenon of the body in Merleau-Ponty's ontology is shown to be crucial, since it is the place out of which the ontological significance of perception is carried out and constituted from. The main goal is to point out that it is the holistic character of perception that which enables us to approach the phenomenon of the body from the ambiguous position: philosophical and methodological. This ambiguity enables us then to access the phenomenon of the body from at least three important aspects: philosophical, psychological and historical. Each of these three aspects is important if we wish to understand the basic phenomenological relation body-world-consciousness, hence, in this paper I also discuss the area of psychopathology, which, inasmuch as it opposes the "normal" provides clearer and more precise understanding of the phenomenon of the body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I deal with the broadness and significance of the change and the need to conform to it since it has occurred during the globalisation era and brought the people in better and faster contacting among themselves using the electronic media, which then resulted in necessity to teach and enhance both linguistic and IT skills and competence of all: mastering the present global language of communication, English, as well as information and communication technologies since these are inclusive and intertwinned. The aim of this paper is to prove that by using the CALL method (Computer Assisted Language Learning) with young learners such as the primary school years children we can achieve the worldwide set principles of education prosperity and consequently gaining greater working mobility and competence of the future generations. The CALL method incorporates different techniques and tools, such as: word-processing, CD-ROMs, authoring packages and the Internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper adresses Foucaults definition of the term biopolitics, which is the key to understanding Foucaults political philosophy, but is, at the same time, a category it is also the category which opens a new perspective in understanding many of the questions raised in political philosophy today. Further on, the paper explores relations between the concept of biopolitics with the terms of dispositive/discourse, power, biopower and liberalism. Key point of this paper is that the very concept of biopolitics instituted the possibility of abstract and apodictic power as forms of state governance. Mutual influences of these terms reproduce at least three relevant determinations: a) correlation of the concept of discourse with the terms of power, biopower, biopolitics, b) correlation of the term biopolitics to the tie power/knowledge and their relevance for the concept of life, c) correlation of tie power/knowledge- biopower, biopolitics to the concept of governmentality, i.e. the state and sovereignty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work I try to point out the basic ideas of Al-Fârâbî's political philosophy. In the first part of the text, I attempt to investigate the main terms of reference of Al- Fârâbî's philosophy, and to explain the political and cultural context of the Islamic world during Al-Fârâbî's life. In the second part I try to show, by using a comparative method, the diff erences and similarities between Plato's and Al-Fârâbî's political philosophy and to point out the originality of Al-Fârâbî's thought, which is mostly based on Islamic theology. The main thesis of this paper is that Al-Fârâbî's did not isolate the elements of Greek philosophy and then transmitted them to the realm of Islamic spirituality. This paper tries to confi rm that Al-Fârâbî's political thought at its base is determined by Islamic theology, culture and political occasions. Al-Fârâbî furthermore sought to synthesize the political philosophy of Plato and Islamic political thought in his most important work The Ideas of the Citizens in the Virtuous City and is considered to be the founder of Islamic political philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Th is paper explores advantages and challenges of an emerging information (knowledge-based) society. Information and communication technology (ICT) is seen as the infrastructure of modern society and its infl uence on conceptualization of culture has been examined. Th e two most important impacts of information revolution are economic and technological globalization and cultural decentralization. There has been a significant change in human occupational, social and educational development. Th e paper argues that ICT is not just another example of new technology, but also a tool to transform society for the better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes the problem of synthesis of traditional and modern using examples of selected architectural solutions of the academician Zlatko Ugljen. It explores the way in which the author recontextualizes universal values of traditional architecture to form spaces of contemporary visual identity. The idea of building on continuity is constant. It is present from the beginning in the early finished and preliminary projects, as well as in the recent architectural solutions. The langu - age of modern and contemporary architecture is dominant in architectural solutions, such as the hotel Rose in Mostar and Šerefudin White Mosque in Visoko. The poetics of modernism and postmodernism is enriched with emotional note, which is recognized as a reminiscence of the traditional forms. Through a comparison with contemporary trends in world architecture, the work of the author is put in a wider context. Special attention is dedicated to the author's recent projects (Administrative building of Riyaset in Sarajevo, project of revitalization of the White Bastion in Sarajevo), where modern architectural forms have been successfully interpolated in the existing multi-layered urban structure. The aim is to highlight the importance of this approach in architecture and the ability to create humanized space by reinterpretation of traditional forms with contemporary architectural vocabulary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Giacomo Leopardi's poetics is intertwined with a number elements from romanticism and classicism, with the classical influence being a lot less familiar to the public, and also neglected by the literary critics. This influence, especially present during poet's early years, appears within the thematic, technical and philosophical aspect of his poetry. Leopardi's poetry is permeated with the contrast between the “old ones” and the “new ones“, i.e. the antique period whose great names served as inspiration to the poet in many of his poems, and his contemporaries. This paper will show that acceptance of Romanticism, as the dominant choice that his poetry refers to, is a product of a long journey of self-reflecting and development of a complex thought, whose base, from the poet's early beginnings until the very end, relies on the deep conviction of a personal philosophy that never completely rejects classicism, and which he develops through his biographical element, which is dominant in his rich literal opus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Socio-political dimensions of consumerism and consumer resistance strategies which respond to dominant ideology and global capitalist corporations are the main topics of this paper. Sociological analysis aims to investigate the relations between consumption as omnipresent contemporary phenomena with the development of specific identities and the semantic level of individual consumer acts or possessions. Whether in the case of articulated activist movements, internet based campaigns to boycott certain products or adoption and promotion of alternative lifestyles, we argue in favor of growing response of active and informed consumers. “Political consumers” embody power that is achieved by expressing direct resistance to globalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In her feminist hermeneutics Amina Wadud is trying to rewrite fourteen centuries long Islamic tradition, written by men. Considering that the Qur'an presents supreme source of Islam, Wadud rereads the Sacred Text in the light of contemporary situation and examines the dominant interpretations during the history of Islamic tradition. Wadud argues that these interpretations were considered as universal, final and timeless, although they were masculine, historically and locally-determined. The interpretations of the Qur'an and sunnah caused unjust social order in present (and earlier) Islamic societies. Thus, the task of rewriting the Islamic tradition in the light of different, e.g. feminine perspective, will contribute to a more just society. An alternative reading of the Sacred Text, presented in Qnr 'an and Woman: Rereading the Secred Text fi-om a Woman s Perspective and Inside the Gender Jihad: Woman s Reform in Islam, and implications for the status of women in the contemporary world, are the main theme of this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With this paper I will try to contribute to the better understanding of contemporary Russian advertisement, which is not closely analyzed in our region. The modem era is characterized by omnipresent rule of images in which advertisement (which often includesan image), as seductive phenomenon of the globalized society, has an important role in everyday life of modem man. I analyze the advertisement from the semiotic aspect. Verbal, visual and auditive codes are typical for the style of advertisement, and the place of the visual code forms the basis of semiotic analysis. I discuss both denotative and connotative level, the importance of image, stereotypes and manipulation strategies. In a television commerciall also analyzed the auditive code. Mixing of different semiotic codes in the advertisement may result in transsemiotic intertextuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is the analysis of the unique influence of NYC as one of the largest metropolis on the lives of immigrant communities in the novels written by three contemporary American novelists. This thesis focuses its analyses on the relationship NYC has with its inhabitants, be they just passers-by or permanent residents. Throughout history NYC developed according to the influx of immigrants coming into the city and the USA through Ellis Island. Accordingly, thesis will focus on NYC as a space that shapes the lives of immigrant communities, exemplified by the lives of protagonists from three contemporary novels. The aim of the thesis is questioning the role of NYC in the search for the American Dream as well as questioning of human existence, especially in the context of protagonists' immigrant experience. Since the novels belong to contemporary American literature, the recent nature of the literary theoretical background enables this thesis to propose new ways of analysing the novels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I will discuss key concepts of contemporary social anthropology. I will try to point out methodological and theoretical aspects of this science. One of the key questions will be role of social anthropology in its contemporary relations towards general anthropology and general sociology. We will point out the fact that key concepts of contemporary social anthropology can be understood only considering her interdisciplinary background. We will try to elaborate what scientfic researches can be called "anthropological research". In that context we will try to give review of historical genesis of this science, and from which manifests all differences in aproach of its key questions (from evolutionism and functionalism to interpretative and simbolical anthropology). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I try to determine the hermeneutics of political holism, as one of the possible theoretical assumptions for understanding the status and meaning of the contemporary society and social ontology. I try to point out the understanding of the political which functions as a pillar of the contemporary society, and as such opens room for rethinking of its role as a social function. Hermeneutics of political holism explains the political as a pure form, which needs to function as a line of dispositives that will be able to overcome the rigid antinomies of classical sociology and lead towards the path of the new social ontology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the purpose of this research, three case studies of convicts who are serving a sentence in the Penal – Correctional Institution in Zenica were carried out. Their crimes included continued criminal offenses concerning child molestation. During a period of eight months, the researcher has met the men she had been observing, deputy director of the prison, a psychologist, social workers, educators and keepers. The result of these encounters is a paper that tries to synthesize research results in the field of paraphilia (focusing on paedophilia) with specific cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The novels Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter and Sexing the Cherry and Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson rely on common narrative tactics and deal with very similar subject matter. This paper contains a brief comparison of the three novels in terms of their stylistic qualities, focusing on Carter's and Winterson's combination of magic realism, the picaresque mode, mythology, and historiographic metafiction with Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of carnival and the grotesque body, with a common aim of unmasking the stereotypical socially constructed ideas regarding the female body. The two authors use the grotesque bodies of their heroines as a site of resistance to and carnivalesque overthrow of imposed social hierarchies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I discuss the novel as a specific mixture of story and history offering a number of answers to the questions pertaining to the Soviet and American imperialist ambitions and the role they have played in making Afghanistan a foundry of ideas in which the greatest trauma of the new millennium is thought to be rooted as well as a site of challenging fixed identity boundaries, a consequence of encounters and exchanges these ambitions have made possible.In a plethora of propagandist writings, whose primary aim was to create a distance between 'us' and 'the other' by means of (re)establishing essentialist binaries, Nadeem Aslam's third novel The Wasted Vigil (2008) needs to be appreciated as a significant literary contribution to the attempts at understanding Islamic terrorism and all too ignored historical and political conditions that have defined it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work I question the position of the author as the creator and spiritual owner of his work. This work discusses the disappearance of the author within the traditional form of understanding and the birth of the reader as a consequence of the above mentioned. I start with theoretical postulates about the problem author/ reader, and after that I consider possible reader positions using the direct analysis of a randomly selected story by Katt a and Coetzee's novel ''Foe''. The intention of this paper is to show that the reader is really the focus of writing and meaning, as Jovanov in his ''Postmodernism dictionary'' writes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I wrote about Turing's conception of intelligence and his idea of imitation game that should replace question "Can machines think?". In first part of this work I tried to summarize basic concepts of Turing Test as they are presented in Computer Machinery and Intelligence (Turing, 1950), and in second part of this work I explain three main objections to this idea. I used Searle's, Block's and French's arguments against Turing Test to show weakest points in Turing's theory, but I also tried to emphasize importance of Turing's universal machine concept and Church-Turing thesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]