KULTURA IZMEĐU TRADICIJE I PROGRESA Kulturne vrijednosti tradicije i progresa
Culture Between Tradition and Progress

Summary/Abstract: It has become that the present-day advancement in sciences and technology is to be blamed for the marginalization o f the traditional values with the aim o f causing the spiritual culture to become strictly functional and instrumentalized. In this way the spiritual culture is reduced to mass mediating consumers ’culture which is in turn responsible for the loss o f officient mediating between the tradition and the progress. The prevalence o f Objective Consciousness Myths in the society should be held responsible for the neglect of the old myths which were the spiritual and historic creations o f mankind. The ensuing situation abounds regrettably in numerous proofs o f culture both as a spiritual creation and selfcrreating human practice, lagging behind the material values o f life. Scientific and technological civilization with the significant impact o f sciences on the mind as well as on the spirit imposes the rule o f the ownership logic providing for the artificially created needs to become the most pronounced human needs. Man believes that he is quite happy with the choices made by someone else on his behalf and while deluding himself with this feeling he is inclined to accept everything and anything that is being offered him. It appears that the contemporary civilization practically halts the progress thus causing the true values to recede when confronted with the material values o f life. In view o f all this an individual can't help becoming a slave to the circumstance in wich his existence is taking place. The great powers, particularly USA have become notorious for imposing their values and criteria upon others. Such values then dictate the derived demands for the import o f graded democracy. No doubt that such policy is economically motivated, the ultimate goal being the leading role in world politics, economy and in military matters.

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