Kultiviranje filozofskog duha u Bosni
The spirit cultivation of philosophy in Bosnia

Summary/Abstract: The cultivation of a new spirit of philosophy that cuts across the classical borders and opens its understanding to a multitude of cultural and intellectual histories, especially to this „a bit forgotten third link“ with Islamic medieval philosophical tradition – the study of importance of Bosnian and Dalmatian early medieval cultural and intellectual links with southern Italy and Sicily - is very much needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is important part of the historical reconstruction now in progress. So, taking into account that we are used to the idea of the Balkans as a site of conflict, very bloody conflict (Bal means honey, or sweet in Turkish, and kan means blood – the sweetness of the land and people, and the blood spilt to control it, and the very term Balkans is short for the Balkan Peninsula of Southeastern Europe, the largest peninsula in Europe), these contributions are reflected further in the author’s efforts to redesign the curriculum in Sarajevo University’s Department of Philosophy in order to stimulate and enhance cross-cultural thinking among the next generation of his students, instead of getting into further quarrels about fragmentation that have left a generation of people longing for restoration of so much of their heritage lost along the way.

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