This paper argues for a more robust analytical, cognitive and theoretical understanding of sociological researching the phenomenon of globalization. Sociology in this respect contributed some inspiring steps by focusing first from studying the processes of globalization eventually to its structural aspects. Both endeavours contributed on the one hand toward enriching the extant conceptual repertoire in this research area and on the other toward overcoming the traditional methodological nationalism in favor of methodological globalism. All these efforts would not be sufficient by themselves if sociology would simply elaborate only its own methodological suppositions at the expense of taking into account as well the value-ladden commitments concerning the necessary condition for humanly and socially embedded globalization, that is its democratization. Here the author primarily emphasizes the role of discourse of global civil society as the key and idispensable actor which can guarantee that globalization will or could work in accordance with the authentic interests of concerned human communities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 54189410
Imagined mother is a collective biographical study of mothers in 20th century western culture, which winds between mythological social reasoning of women in the role of a mother, and ethnographic testimonies of women on maternity. According to the findings of the author, mothers and motherhood are the key ideological parameters for the consolidation of national policies in the 20th century. The sequence of studies presents cases of a socialist partisan mother, western capitalist romantic mother, racially defined black, and proletarian heroic mother, transition melodramatic mother, all the way to the "mother Jelka" and Jovanka, who stand in liminal space of elusive maternity icons.
COBISS.SI-ID: 271504640
The article argues that Slovenia intentionally distanced itself from the post-Yugoslav space in order to secure its status in the EU and only recently has begun to intensify its presence by openly supporting and getting involved in regional cooperation among the rest of the former Yugoslavia. However, in some other areas, the Slovenes, including new, post-Yugoslav generations, have always tried to stay in touch with other Yugoslav peoples. Such observations should not be interpreted as the author's wish to see a new Yugoslavia emerge in the future, but as indication of potential. What could help is the establishment of stronger links resulting in joint projects and more profound cooperation among post-Yugoslav states, hopefully within the EU.
COBISS.SI-ID: 53156962
Drawing on the classification of the roles of intellectuals, the author focuses on the issue to whom and for whom intellectuals are investing their voice. The article discusses several critical issues: firstly, the issue of a gap between theoretical knowledge and practical competences, secondly, the concept of public intellectual, thirdly, Chomsky s paradigm of the responsibility of intellectuals, and fourthly, the historical resonance of intellectuals in the neoliberal imagined society. The author opposes the views that the end of history and the end of ideology terminated the salient role of intellectuals and alternatively builds his argument on their manifold and multiple commitments in the spheres of civil society.The neoliberal order invites in this regard a number of challenges and responsibilities: an opportunity to open up new opportunities for the roles of intellectuals in the imposed market-managed and consequentially structurally changed society. Intellectuals at this very historical moment should turn from mere interpreters to legislators, as Zygmunt Bauman expects them to.
COBISS.SI-ID: 32481373
This article introduces and critically evaluates in three subchapters the processes in wider region of North Africa and Middle East. In the first part it defines the conflict in Western Sahara, outlines the uprisings in Gdeim Izik and discusses the strategies of Western Sahara and its efforts to gain the recognition of the right for self-determination. In the second part it discusses the so called Arab spring, where the causes, the process and the effects of the peoples uprisings are introduced. The article wishes to recognize the wider context of historical processes and to predict the future developments. In the third part it goes back to the "mother of all conflicts" in the Middle East, where it demonstrates the background of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In conclusion the author summarizes the main findings and specifies the "new world order", delineating at the beginning of the 21st century and where the events in the Arab world role play strategic role.
COBISS.SI-ID: 269227520