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Humanizam i njegove percepcije
Humanism and its perceprions

Author(s): Salih Fočo
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: humanism; education; man; intellectual; individual; value; devotion; tragicalness

Summary/Abstract: Humanism is a theoretical category and also a practical way of acting people in particular circumstances. History is full of man’s existing, good and evil, hope and suffering. From that experience, the limits of man’s power are established, measures of things and relations towards other people and towards himself. Although experienced and theoretically established thought and praxis become humanistic in the moment when an individual measures towards himself and his relations towards the other. Humanism is not only individual act or action, but collective trying to create more human and more rightful Theologians think that the humanism is the source of man’s originating and mercy of Creator that the individual is gifted with and should treat in accordance with expectations and hopes. Order, authority, system of relationships in societies are different by its nature are compulsion, consequently, contrariness to humanism and equality. In conflict of wishes and hopes, needs and interests, there are different categories which have meaningful things order that is always bordered with norms. Norm is therefore a measure of humanism but power that is on disposal to the means of compulsion. The thing that establishes the system of values is seen in idea and praxis of humanism. It is exposed strongest through academic humanism that leads by its size and braveness in uttering, but in practicing of values that have an individual in the system of imposed relations. Educational humanism is a part of academic act that is nowadays in rise, but in practice it is in constant fall. Man’s figuring on social values is the goal of society and the family. Therefore, all subjects of society are involved and somehow make a basis of educational humanism. Nowadays, the human values are lost and his humanity, in practice is violence or power of capital. In these new circumstances a man is in empty area, that should be filled by values which will be humanistic, because, without them neither a man can exist nor a society function.

  • Issue Year: XLVIII/2007
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 175-189
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bosnian