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Индивидуа у перспективи глобалне модернизације
The Individual In The Perspective Of Global Modernization

Author(s): Olivera Pavićević
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: identity; liberalism; individualism; sovereignty; democracy

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the possibilities of realizing and sustaining an independent and free individual, which, above all, rests upon the institutions of the law, as evident in the classical liberalism of the western capitalist societies. The main thesis of the article is that, from the period of classical liberalism up to the modern supranational neoliberal societies, the categories of individual freedom and democracy have undergone significant changes, especially in the field of individual liberties, interests, and potentials. These changes are moving towards the endangerment and disintegration of the individual identity, which, detached from its previous foothold, becomes confronted with the hypertrophied world market and estranged public opinion.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 11-26
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian