Hegels Phänomenologie des Willens und der Standpunkt des Pluralismus

Hegelova fenomenologija volje i stav pluralizma

Author(s): Milenko A. Perović / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/101/2006

Die Analyse von Hegels Werk Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, und insbesondere der Vorrede (§§ 1–32) eröffnet die Möglichkeit, dass dem Denken der modernen Praxis und der Begründung der praktischen Philosophie aus dem gesamten Konzept der Phänomenologie des menschlichen Willens heraus eine volle philosophische Legitimierung verliehen wird. Wir gehen von der Überzeugung aus, dass bei Hegel das Konzept einer einzigartigen Geschichte der Erfahrung der Entstehung des menschlichen Willens am Werk ist. Hegels Entwicklung des Standpunktes von der Geschichtlichkeit des Willens, die durch das historisch angespannte Verhältnis zwischen der Form und dem Inhalt des Willens, durch die Evolution der Form des Willens in Momenten der Allgemeinheit, Besonderheit und Einzelheit, schließlich aber auch durch die Differenzierung des Prinzips der Seligkeit und des Prinzips der Freiheit vonstatten geht, bildet eine philosophisch legitime Grundlage für das Verstehen und Begründen der modernen Auffassung vom Pluralismus als praktisch- philosophischer, ethisch-philosophischer, weltanschaulicher und politischer Begriff.

Discussion on Utopia and Inaugural Paradox, a Book by Gordana Bosanac

Rasprava o knjizi Utopija i inauguralni paradoks Gordane Bosanac

Author(s): Lino Veljak,Hrvoje Jurić,Gordana Bosanac,Marijan Krivak / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/101/2006

Keywords: Gordana Bosanac; utopia; inauguration; inaugural paradox

These four contributions are adapted talks on Gordana Bosanac’s book Utopija i inauguralni paradoks (Utopia and Inaugural Paradox), delivered on the occcassion of its presentation. This presentation took place at the Croatian University Teachers’ Club in Zagreb on 24th October 2005.

Anatomy of a Paternalist and Anti-liberal - View on Contemporary Eugenics

Anatomija jednog paternalističkog i anti-liberalnog stava prema suvremenoj eugenici

Author(s): Darko Polšek / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/101/2006

The author dissects a polemic by Tonèi Matuliæ against Polšek’s book Sudbina odabranih (Destiny of the Chosen Ones. Eugenics in the Age of Genetic Technology) printed in Filozofska istra®ivanja, 98 (3/2005), pp. 671–693. The main point of the article is a dissection of Matuliæ’s views that there is no fundamental difference between old eugenics and new, and of his overall anti-liberal, paternalist, and allegedly ‘bioetical’ contentions. Polšek uses J. St. Mill’s arguments from On Liberty and argues that a democratic and a just society has to respect ‘mere wishes‘ of prospective parents when fulfilling their right to bear children, as to be able, among other things, to avoid far greater dangers of collectivism and all sorts of state intervention in private matters, from which ugly forms of eugenics arose in the past.

Eine Erinnerung an Eugen Fink Zum 100. Geburtstag von Eugen Fink (1905–2005)

Sjećanje na Eugena Finka - Uz proslavu stogodišnjice rođenja filozofa Eugena Finka (1905.–2005.)

Author(s): Milan Kangrga / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/101/2006

In Freiburg fand im Dezember 2005 ein philosophisches Symposium statt, das Eugen Fink, einem der bedeutendsten Philosophen unserer Zeit, gewidmet war. Über Fink als Philosophen, aber auch als Freund sprach bei dieser Gelegenheit auch der Verfasser dieses Artikels und unterstrich dabei Finks Interesse und den Beitrag, den dieser Denker zum hiesigen philosophischen Geschehen geleistet hat. Fink war als Vortragsredner, als Mitwirkender der bekannten »Korèulaner Sommerschule « und als Mitglied des Redaktionsrates der Fachzeitschrift Praxis tätig gewesen.

Hegels Wissenschaft der Logik

Hegelova Znanost logike

Author(s): Zvonko Šundov / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/101/2006

In diesem Aufsatz wird die kroatische Übersetzung von der Hegels Wissenschaft der Logik kritisch dargestellt und valorisiert. Es geht um eine sehr gute Übersetzung (Übersetzer sind Sulejman Bosto und ¬eljko Paviæ), die deswegen besonders wichtig ist, weil heute immer wenigen Anzahl jungen Philosophen in der Lage ist, auf Deutsch zu lesen. Weiter werden die wichstige Dimensionen Hegelscher Logik nachgedacht mit besonderen Aufmerksamkeit auf die Frage über die Aufhebung der Metaphysik. Die Wissenschaft der Logik sollte als Handbuch für nachmetaphysiches Denken dienen

The Literary Text Is Never Outworn

Textul literar nu este niciodata desuet

Author(s): Ion Pop / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 06/2002

Keywords: the phenomenon of intertextuality and the nature of modernism;

The article is an interview with Professor Michael Riffaterre of the Columbia University author of many successful volumes ("Semiotics of Poetry"," Fictional Truth " etc.) over a series of issues such as the phenomenon of intertextuality and the nature of modernism.

In the Vineyard

La vie

Author(s): Mihai Cantuniari / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 06/2002

The fragment is part of the first volume in a projected series "Omul in Iarba"(Man in Grass) by Mihai Cantuniari. It is a charming recollection of now long gone childhood's summer holidays spent in the house and vineyard of the author's maternal grandparents in the legendary land of vine of Vrancea.

Einstein and Steinhardt

Einstein şi Steinhardt

Author(s): Ioana Pârvulescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 06/2002

The reason of mentioning the message signed by Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann in 1939 in the beginning of an article on Nicu Steinhardt's book The Diary of Happiness is that they give the spirit and culture the same purpose: the humanizing. Nicu Steinhardt's book, a diary that despite its' optimistic title narrates events and recalls people the author met in the communist dungeons is an prominent book and stands for its' author's great talent.

A Succesor of the Transylvanian School

Un urmaş al Şcolii Ardelene

Author(s): Ion Buzaşi / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 06/2002

The article presents the work of an brilliant reprezentative of the generation of 1848 in Transylvania, Atanasie Marian Marienescu.Under the supervision of Eugen Blajan, the Albators Publishing House printed in 2001 a volume entitled" Invatatoul si poporul "containing a few significant works of this true successor of the Transylvanian School and pioneer folklorist.

Chronicle: Bendradarbiavimas su Baltarusija: apskrito stalo diskusija Vilniuje

Kronika: Bendradarbiavimas su Baltarusija: apskrito stalo diskusija Vilniuje

Author(s): Kristina Vaičiūnaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Presidential Elections 2002: Lithuania Within the Context of Post-Communist Countries

Prezidento rinkimai 2002: Lietuva pokomu-nistinių šalių kontekste

Author(s): Živilė Šatūnienė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Keywords: transition period; elections procedures in Lithuania; post-communist politics and societies; Central and Eastern Europe

The article analyses presidential elections 2002 in Lithuania according to their "formal" criteria (e. g. number of candidates, their previous political experience, party membership, etc.) and election-campaign style. During transition period, more than ten years long, Lithuania routinized elections procedures, prevalent in Western democracies. However, the analysis of 2002 presidential elections' "formal" features and the style of election-campaign showed that the elections in Lithuania remained typically "post-communist". High number of candidates, populism, radicalism, personalism, and artificial worsening of the existing level of living characterized presidential elections in Lithuania. All the above mentioned features could also be found in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe as they are caused by specific problems of post-communist politics and societies. When Soviet dominance came to an end, Lithuania adopted too liberal laws regulating the procedure of how a person may nominate him/herself for presidential elections. The principle of representation vs. effectiveness was overestimated in many post-communist countries. Too "soft" requirements for potential presidential candidates caused high number of politicians (or political parties) who wished to participate in elections. Moreover, the abundance of candidates means that radical politicians or "new-comers" to the politics with only negligible initial public support will also take part in elections. It is usual that politicians of that kind are not seeking for support of the "median voter" but instead they adopt positions that are far away from the center in order to maximize their chances of being elected. In that case (as presidential elections in Lithuania 2002 also displayed) during the election campaign it becomes difficult to escape populism, radicalism, and even the cases of artificially dramatizing the existing situation (i. e. negativism). The fact that many individuals in Lithuania as well as other post-communist countries do not identify themselves with a certain political party, and the party system itself is still non-consolidated causes the tendency of elections being highly personalized. During the election campaign in Lithuania 2002 presidential candidates also preferred to demonstrate their personal characteristics instead of competing to each other by suggesting different ideological views and policy perspectives. The increasing "attractiveness" of personalist and majoritarian tendencies among presidential candidates in Lithuania is not conducive to further consolidation of national party system and creation of higher-standard post-communist liberal democracy.

Chronicle: Politologų metinė konferencija

Kronika: Politologų metinė konferencija

Author(s): Dovilė Jakniūnaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Chronicle: Politikos mokslų disertacija ES plėtros ir europeizacijos tema

Kronika: Politikos mokslų disertacija ES plėtros ir europeizacijos tema

Author(s): Ramūnas Vilpišauskas / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Chronicle: Vilniaus dešimtuko šalių jaunimas apie NATO ateitį

Kronika: Vilniaus dešimtuko šalių jaunimas apie NATO ateitį

Author(s): Indrė Mackevičiūtė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Keywords: NATO

Psychological Peculiarities of Terrorism and Terrorists

Terorizmo ir teroristų psichologiniai ypatumai

Author(s): Gintautas Valickas / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Keywords: psychological peculiarities of political terrorism; individual characteristics of the terrorists; psychological peculiarities of the terrorist groups; primary data analysis and secondary data sources in psychological study of terrorism; group narcissism

The first part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the psychological peculiarities of political terrorism. Terrorist acts can be taken to be such acts of violence (or a threat to use violence) that aim at intimidating, raising the feeling of helplessness, as well as remove the grounds of/for stability and security, self-trust and trust in the others, interrupt the usual way of life. Usually, the psychological damage of the terrorist activities (discomfort, fear, hatred, mistrust) substantially excels psychical or material damage inflicted (handicapping of the people or destruction of some objects). Sometimes the repercussions of the physical impact can be by no means significant, whereas the psychological harm is the only, or one of the several, evident consequences. (…) In the second part of the article the individual characteristics of the terrorists are analysed. (…) Author claims that the daily life's politicization is by no means "an innocent" process. Politicians and the Government try to ensure that their activities are seen as legitimate. Exactly this is done by means of trying to intervene into what is known as the daily life. (…) In the third part of the article the psychological peculiarities of the terrorist groups are analysed. What unites all the terrorist groups - the blind devotion of its members and loyalty to the objectives ideals the organization pursues. (…) In the end of the article author accentuates the importance of the psychological studies of terrorism, as well as the problems and research directions that arise. Despite the fact that recently the psychological studies of terrorism have begun attracting more and more attention, there is one issue that has for a long time failed to be resolved? there is indeed a lack of the primary data analysis (in this area psychologists until now have managed to generate quite limited information). This fact explains the number of hypotheses that come to see the daylight based on the analysis of separate cases or secondary data sources. In an attempt to research terrorism one must find out what people enter the terrorist groups (or become terrorists loners), what are their principal personal features, what preventive psychological measures should be applied in order to counter the spread of terrorism (or separate people entering the terrorist activities), how can one change the convictions of terrorists, what penalties should be employed against them, etc. Thus, in this area there is a large and responsible work waiting for the psychologists.

Geopolitical Codes: Structure and Dynamics

Geopolitinių kodų struktūra ir dinamika

Author(s): Nortautas Statkus,Egidijus Motieka / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 1 (29)/2003

Keywords: political elite; geopolitics and geostrategy; geopolitization of elementary political issues; Lithuania's geopolitical situation; geohistorical tendencies of Lithuania; concept of the geopolitical code;

According to the small states' political elite, the true geopolitics and geostrategy can be carried out by the great powers that pursue the main objective - to retain their territorial positions, multiply influence and implement the territorial expansion, alone. However, the parameters that comprise what the state power is appears to mean nothing as such, unless the strategies of development of one state or another have not been mulled over and formulated, and the potential of the state power and the means and objectives to use it have not been fully embraced. Thus, a small state, that seeks to survive first of all (create defensive survival systems), tries to understand global geopolitical schemes and their historical transformation in the same manner as the great powers do. Even when the small states have no direct influence on the great politics, the small states should know who and how manipulates them, and understand all this in the overall regional and global context. Such an understanding creates grounds for the small state to form not only the politics of "reacting" to what happens, but also provides the ability to "produce" politics. Such kind of politics is rare among the small states. Therefore the aim of this research is - to try to understand the situation of Lithuania in the global power system. Is essence this implies the geopolitization of elementary political issues, their promotion onto another, supranational, level. Quite naturally, this makes one look through the geopolitical constants and Lithuania's geopolitical situation, in reference to the geohistorical tendencies of Lithuania and the neighboring countries and strategic orientations of their politics. The concept of the geopolitical code so far has been underdeveloped. Up until now, the research object and the methodology of research has not been widely accepted. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the concept of the geopolitical code in a more elaborate manner. Besides, it is applied to the research of the geopolitical situation of Lithuania and the neighboring states.

The Christian churches working groups as instruments of interconfessional and interrreligious dialogue

DIE ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFTEN CHRISTLICHER KIRCHEN ALS INSTRUMENTE DES INTERKONFESSIONELLEN UND INTERRELIGIÖSEN DIALOGS

Author(s): Gerhard Voss / Language(s): German / Issue: 01-02/1995

Der Erfahrungshintergrund meiner Ausführungen ist die Arbeitsgemeinschaft christlicher Kirchen in Bayern. Bayern liegt im Südosten Deutschlands und ist darum besonders mit der Problematik der bosnischen Flüchtlinge konfrontiert. Das ist der Grund dafür, daß es zur Zeit auch in Bayern "ZAJEDNO" gibt: ein multireligiöses und interkulturelles Zentrum für Flüchtling in der Trägerschaft der Arbeitsgemeinschaft christlicher Kirchen in Bayern. Das ist der Grund unserer Beteiligung an diesem Dialog hier in Sarajevo. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft christlicher Kirchen in Bayern gibt es als offizielle Einrichtung seit 20 Jahren. Sie ist das Ergebnis einer Geschichte, die in letzter Zeit gegenläufig ist zu dem, was sich heute in den Ländern des ehemaligen Jugoslawien, besonders hier in Bosnien, abspielt als eine Geschichte der ethnischen und zugleich religiösen Säuberung. Unsere Geschichte ist in jüngster Zeit eine Geschichte wachsender Pluralisierung.

The Belgian federal model

THE BELGIAN FEDERAL MODEL

Author(s): Jos Chabert / Language(s): English / Issue: 01-02/1995

Belgium, which became an independent country in 1831, is situated at the intersection of the Latin and the German cultures, and has always been split up by a linguistic boundary. This divides the country into two different cultural-linguistic communities, the Dutchspeaking North (Flanders) and the French-speaking South (Walonia). These linguistic-cultural differences have been accentuated by the divergent economic development of the two communities.

Geopolitics and geophilosophy

GÉOPOLITIQUE ET GÉOPHILOSOPHIE

Author(s): Ugo Vlaisavljević / Language(s): French / Issue: 01-02/1995

En temps de guerre, c'est la géopolitique qui règne. C'est un temps favorable, semble-t-il, pour prendre conscience du politique, de ses traits fondamentaux. Alors, il nous paraît immense, englobant et inépuisable, dépourvu de ses dimensions intérieures et extérieures, des cadres discernables et localisables d'une activité humaine parmi tant d'autres. La géopolitique est une politique, mais à condition d'être reconnue comme la politique la plus fondamentale ou comme la politique de toute les politiques. En guerre comme en paix, toute politique, sans exception, même là où ce mot ne peut être pris qu'au sens figuré (si l'on peut jamais l'employer autrement), est-elle toujours déjà une géopolitique, au sens le plus littéral du mot.

Pruščak's writings on Arabic rhetoric

PRUŠČAK'S WRITINGS ON ARABIC RHETORIC

Author(s): Esad Duraković / Language(s): English / Issue: 01-02/1995

Speaking today about the importance of Hassan Kafi's work, it is hard to resist the temptation of emphasising one contrast. Namely, that "ilmu-l-balaga" one' of the most important forms of Arab-Islamic studies - rhetoric was nurtured in a tiny village on the very outskirts of the powerful Ottoman Empire, Prusac. There have been few theoretical and philological disciplines which have been nurtured so eagerly and with such scholarly thoroughness, throughout the Arab world, as the study of rhetoric. Today when the large treasury of writings on rhetoric in Arabic is for the most part classified and available to us, one might say without exaggeration that through his work in this field Pruscak took Prusac from its obscurity on the fringes of the Empire, to the very heart of Ottoman civilisation and culture. Pruscak was exceptionally well informed about past achievements in Arabic Rhetoric - which itself was seen as an extraordinary literary theoretical discipline - and his works stood out amongst the numerous other scholars who had written on the same subject.