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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]

In this paper, I discuss the importance of the classical sociological thinkers for the development of cultural sociology programs. Based on this, the paper problematizes the specific position of one direction of cultural sociology and its “strong program”, and in that context, re-actualizes the contribution of classical theorists in understanding the interference between the cultural structures with the material/utilitarian and the political/ideological structures of the social world. It is primarily based on the analysis of Durkheim’s and Weber’s place in the sphere of cultural sociology, and the need to supplement the cultural sociology program with theoretical understandings of these thinkers, but also with the thinkers of modernity in general. Therefore, the paper seeks to offer a picture of a broader contribution of the “classics” to the understanding of cultural sociology, as well as the need to reconstruct certain aspects related to the cultural sociology program. [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]

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]