Simmelova kritika moderne

Author(s): Spahija Kozlić / Language(s): Bosnian

This book represents a result of a longstanding research of the German thinker Georg Simmel’s philosophical-sociological standpoints and his influence on the twentieth century social thought. The approach to the research of Simmel’s philosophical image of the world is primarily of monographic character, and there are two reasons for that. First, Georg Simmel’s name is almost unknown in philosophical, and even sociological, circles in the broader space of the Balkans. Presentation of his entire opus was thus in itself the imposed task. Second, decoupage of Simmel’s standpoints out of many postmetaphysical currents from the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, even though being a hard task represents a big challenge for a researcher. Because, this thinker, although often partially said and full of allusions, by opening the new horizons through analysis of phenomena of everyday life in modern era, directed the philosophical interest into multiple new currents, but also adhered to the analysis of philosophy from the angle of critique of its foundational concept. Simmel’s influence on the Frankfurt School’s speculative starting points, existentialist philosophy, phenomenology and, of course, establishment of specialized sociological disciplines aren’t thus surprising.

PODSTAWY STATYSTYKI DLA SOCJOLOGÓW. TOM 3

Author(s): Grzegorz Lissowski,Jacek Haman,Mikołaj Jasiński / Language(s): Polish

Większość badań statystycznych prowadzi się na próbach dobranych z populacji, ale ich wyniki uogólnia się na całą populację. Obliczenie prawdopodobieństwa popełnienia określonego błędu lub błędu o określonej wielkości przy takim uogólnieniu możliwe jest wtedy, gdy próba została dobrana w sposób losowy. Służy do tego rachunek prawdopodobieństwa, którego elementarne, niezbędne podstawy przypomniano tu i uzupełniono. Przedstawiono najczęściej stosowane przez socjologów metody wnioskowania statystycznego: metody estymacji parametrów statystycznych i weryfikacji hipotez statystycznych. Oprócz najprostszego sposobu losowania próby (dobór prosty losowy), wystarczającego dla wyjaśnienia podstawowych pojęć i metod wnioskowania, omówiono także inne schematy doboru próby, które umożliwiają wykorzystanie posiadanej wiedzy o populacji dla uzyskania dokładniejszych i bardziej wiarogodnych wyników bez zwiększania liczebności próby oraz ułatwiają realizację badań reprezentacyjnych.

PODSTAWY STATYSTYKI DLA SOCJOLOGÓW. TOM 2

Author(s): Grzegorz Lissowski,Jacek Haman,Mikołaj Jasiński / Language(s): Polish

Przedstawiana w drugim tomie analiza zależności statystycznych między dwiema lub większą liczbą zmiennych to najczęściej stosowany przez socjologów rodzaj analiz statystycznych. Główną przyczyną trudności pojawiających się podczas wyboru metody opisu i pomiaru siły zależności statystycznych jest nieznajomość teorii, a przede wszystkim błędne przekonanie, że istnieje tylko jeden typ zależności statystycznej, mierzonej na różne sposoby w odmiennych sytuacjach. W podręczniku zaprezentowano wiele typów zależności statystycznej: zależność stochastyczną, zależność korelacyjną, skorelowanie liniowe, korelację rangową itd. Podstawą ich wyróżnienia jest nie tylko rodzaj posiadanych danych, charakteryzowanych przez typ skal pomiarowych, lecz przede wszystkim sposób optymalnego opisu jednej zmiennej na podstawie informacji o drugiej zmiennej lub o większej ich liczbie. Dużo miejsca poświęcono klasycznym metodom wielozmiennowym: zależnościom warunkowym (w tym pozornym zależnościom i niezależnościom) i regresji wielokrotnej oraz związanym z nimi nowym problemom (zależności cząstkowej, addytywności i interakcji między zmiennymi). Tom ten kończy przegląd celów i metod wielowymiarowej analizy statystycznej.

PODSTAWY STATYSTYKI DLA SOCJOLOGÓW. TOM 1

Author(s): Grzegorz Lissowski,Jacek Haman,Mikołaj Jasiński / Language(s): Polish

Podręcznik przedstawia elementarne metody opisu i wnioskowania statystycznego i wyjaśnia ich podstawy teoretyczne. Jest pomocny w podejmowaniu świadomych decyzji badawczych i interpretowaniu wyników badań. Autorzy polecają go osobom zajmującym się socjologią, naukami politycznymi i pedagogiką – studentom, wykładowcom oraz praktykom; będzie on przydatny również dla psychologów i ekonomistów, a także dla wszystkich zainteresowanych teorią i praktyką stosowania metod statystycznych w naukach społecznych. Książka uwzględnia zagadnienia pomijane w standardowych podręcznikach, na przykład ujęcie opisu statystycznego jako problemu podejmowania decyzji. Wyraźnie rozdzielono w niej metody opisu i wnioskowania statystycznego, co ułatwia ich zrozumienie. Obecne wydanie składa się z trzech tomów: Opis statystyczny (t. 1), Zależności statystyczne (t. 2) i Wnioskowanie statystyczne (t. 3).Tom pierwszy obejmuje opis struktury badania statystycznego, sposoby prezentacji jego wyników w postaci rozkładów statystycznych, parametry różnych własności rozkładu zmiennej statystycznej: poziomu wartości, rozproszenia, asymetrii, koncentracji itp. Parametry statystyczne opisujące różne własności rozkładu są ze sobą powiązane za pomocą sposobu oceny błędu opisu.

ROD

Author(s): Dajana Cvjetković / Language(s): Bosnian Publication Year: 0

Godinama ljudi vjeruju da se svi prirodno ponašaju kao žene i muškarci u odnosu na pripadajući spol. Kompleksna društvena istraživanja su pokazala da muškost i ženskos (rod) determiniraju mnogi faktori, a ne samo spol. „Pretpostavljalo se da je rod prirodna manifestacija pola ili kulturna konstanta koju nikakva moć ljudskog delovanja ne bi mogla da izmeni.“ Rod se može definirati kao koncept koji obuhvata ponašanje, društveno konstruirane uloge i psihološke osobine koje se često vezuju za biti muško ili žensko. Društveno konstruisani identitet koji određuje šta znači ponašati se kao žena naziva se feminitet, a kao muškarac maskulinitet. Naša ideja maskuliniteta i feminiteta uključuje rodne pretpostavke ponašanja bazirane na osnovu spola osobe. Rod je društveni konstrukt koji u odnosu na spol određuje društvene uloge muškaraca i žena (osoba muškog ili ženskog spola).

RODNI IDENTITET

Author(s): Dajana Cvjetković / Language(s): Bosnian Publication Year: 0

Rodni identitet se odnosi na subjektivni osjećaj i poimanje sebe kao muškarca ili žene. Većina ljudi u prvim godinama života, najčešće između druge i treće, shvati da li se osjeća kao muško ili žensko. Rodni identitet ne mora biti podudaran sa spolom, zbog toga neke osobe budu zbunjene pri identifikovanju sebe kao muškarca ili žene. „Rodni identitet podrazumijeva vlastitu rodnu samokoncepciju, ne neophodno ovisnu o spolu i rodu osobe. Zahvaljujući savremenim tumačenjima feminističkih teorija, rodni identitet uspješno je distanciran od binarnog koncepta muškoga ili ženskoga.“

WARTOŚCI I ZMIANY

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

Procesy przekształceń ustrojowych w Polsce oraz integracji i rozszerzania Unii Europejskiej skłaniają do stawiania pytań, jak zmieniają się w tym czasie wartości Polaków, ich przekonania o tym, co jest cenne, dobre i ważne, a także o tym, w jaki sposób można i należy te wartości osiągać. Autorzy zebranych tu prac podjęli zadanie sprawdzenia hipotez przewidujących różne kierunki zmian wartości w Polsce i w innych krajach Europy. Odwołując się do danych z międzynarodowych badań porównawczych europejskich wartości (European Values Study), pokazują zarówno wspólne trendy zmian, jak i odstępstwa od nich, wahania i załamania. Odkrywają złożoność relacji między zmianami gospodarczymi, społecznymi i politycznymi zachodzącymi w Polsce i innych krajach europejskich a przekształceniami wartości i postaw ich mieszkańców. Ujawniają sprzeczności, niespójności i rozbieżności w tych procesach, stanowiące potencjalne źródła napięć i konfliktów.

Revisiting the Objectivist/Subjectivist Debate

Author(s): Tibor R. Machan / Language(s): English

Not only is philosophy a discipline that’s rarely discussed outside of the academy; sometimes it’s regarded to be a very curious, obscure subject matter, one that people don’t know where to place. Yet no one can avoid philosophy entirely. Even to try amounts to being philosophical. When it comes to philosophy’s various branches, most would list only ethics as a familiar one since the question of how people should conduct themselves is difficult to classify as a branch of any other discipline, such as sociology, economics or chemistry. Ethics is pretty widely acknowledged to be part of philosophy as well as an everyday concern while it’s also quite problematic. Within ethics it is pretty usual to find that people wonder whether one can discover anything that is objectively true, as most of us would agree it’s possible in fields such as physics or chemistry. The natural or hard sciences, in other words, would all be about what is true, what is not, how we tell the difference, and so forth. Other disciplines are viewed to be less amenable to that possibility. In the field of ethics a lot of people believe truth is difficult if not entirely impossible to find. Is it true that one should not lie, deceive, steal, cheat, mislead, etc.? Or is it something that’s up to the acting agent or one's cultural group? In other words, are ethical claims subjective or objective? Yet that’s not the only branch of human inquiry wherein this issue arises. Are religious claims subjective or objective? Are claims in such fields as sociology, anthropology, or economics open to objective investigation or are these mostly subjective, a matter of what the person who is involved in considering them decides?We often hear that beliefs or claims in these areas are advanced from someone’s point of view, which is to say they are subjective. In this short book that is the issue that’s the central focus: are judgments people make in various fields of concern subjective or objective, can they be the latter or only the former? If the former, will we then ever get to know the world as it really is? Or only as we like it to be or it appears to be? If objectivity is available, is it restricted only to the natural sciences? Or could we be objective about politics, art and psychology? That is basically what this book is about, whether people can obtain objective knowledge.

TechnoFeminist Science Fiction

Author(s): Sümeyra Buran / Language(s): English

This study has coined the term TechnoFeminist Science Fiction by grounding it on the insights of Judy Wajcman’s TechnoFeminist approach that combines cyberfeminism and cyborg feminism following the philosophies of Sadie Plant and Donna Haraway. The core study of TechnoFeminism gives voice to the mutual relationship between women and technology that is a constructivist and a sociotechnical network by rejecting technological determinism. Likewise, TechnoFeminist Science Fiction, a new trend in women or feminist science fiction, provides both technoscientific politics and TechnoFeminist politics in desire for women or feminist science fiction writers to be more active in creating female cyber and cyborg images in their technoscience fictions. Thus, it aims to create new women perspectives and point of views by erasing the gender duality problem with characterization of emancipatory cyberself and cyborg embodiment through breaking down the boundaries between human and machine, animal/organism and machine, and physical and non-physical organisms. The aim of this study is to demonstrate how British novelists, Justina Robson and Sue Thomas, have opened a different technodigital space for equal and mutual relationship between gender and technology by weaving the issues of TechnoFeminism and the concepts of technoscience, AIs, genetic technologies, the internet, regenerative technologies, communication technologies, nanotechnology, biotechnology, molecular biology and they have also developed an image of the cyborg consistent with any of Haraway’s cyborg metaphors and cyberspace consistent with Plant’s cyberfeminism with wired, wet, fluid, flexible, adaptable, mutable, multiple, ever-flowing, unstable, self-controlled, virtual cyberselves.

The Symbol, the Sign and the Secret in the Ecstatic Language of the Zohar

Author(s): Marius Cucu,Oana Elena Lenţa / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Humanity has always sought formulas of access to the timeless register of the transcendence, depending on the mode of perception and representation of it, and not least in the light of the cultural level and of the value system which the subject reported to. The text of the Zohar or the Book of Splendor fits in the tradition of mystical writings that try to assume not only a way of thinking relying on the immanent-transcendent polarity, but also on living the ecstasy of finding themselves on the boundary of the two dimensional paradigmatic frameworks. Such an individual experience can only be expressed and potentiated through the recourse to typologies of the mystical language including the fusion of the symbol, the sign and the secret. For the initiated one, considered the master, but also for the disciple, the mysteries of transcendence, of spirituality of the divine world cannot be accessed only through a comprehensive exercise of detaching the consciousness from the materiality. This implies not only the meditation, but also the adoption of a language that does not express the Spirit, but opens the way for the Spirit. Thus, it is considered that the call of the divinity is a mystery around which the soul of the individual may only linger in an ecstatic way and once it previously reached a maximum level of catharsis, purification and enlightenment.

Matky kuráže: Lesbické rodiny v pozdně moderní společnosti

Author(s): Kateřina Nedbálková / Language(s): Czech

The book deals with the topic of gay and lesbian families. It offers a critical review of selected sociological theories related to family and sexuality. It also summarises the findings of foreign research that has been examining gay and lesbian parenting since the 1960s. The heart of the book is a four-year ethnographic study based on interviews and observations in Czech lesbian families. The book does not answer the question whether lesbian parenting is good or bad. Instead, it puts it in the context of a more general discussion about the family and its transformations in a late modern society.

Hodné holky se dívají jinam: Feminismus a pornografie

Author(s): Kateřina Lišková / Language(s): Czech

The book is a sociological analysis of the anti-pornographic feminist discourse. It focuses both on the concept of gender and sexuality and on the understanding of performativity in the context of symbolic power of speech. The author critically analyses the concept of gender and its connection to sexuality as raised (both explicitly and implicitly) by anti-pornographic feminism. She also deals with the anti-pornographic discourse in contemporary Czech pornography-related works of sexology and criminology. The last part of the book critically analyses pornography as a performative expression, assessing the benefits and limitations of this approach.

Impact of Structures Based on Mutual Cover-up on the Course of Public Sector Reforms in the Czech Republic

Author(s): Radim Valenčík,Michal Blahout / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

While implementing reforms in the above areas, individual countries are confronted not only with conflicts of interest between various interest groups but also with attempts at misusing the reforms for the benefit of private lobbies. This is where science should tackle the important task of developing and using appropriate instruments to conduct a theoretical analysis of the issue. Certain private entities successfully influenced the legislative process. Powerful interest groups were able to enforce their objectives at all levels of the legislative process.

HOMO SOCIOLOGICUS VS. HOMO ECONOMICUS – A COMPARISON

Author(s): Artur Borcuch / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This article presents the model of economic human and sociological human and is an attempt to create a model of socio-economic human. The argumentation will be undertaken on the basis of widely discussed issues related to economic sociology.

Kosmopolitní imaginace: kritický kosmopolitismus a sociální teorie

Author(s): Gerard Delanty / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Kritický kosmopolitismus je nový směr v sociální teorii, v němž se odráží jednak objekt, kterému se věnuje, jednak specifický metodologický přístup ke společenskému světu. Odlišuje se od normativně politických a morálních pojetí kosmopolitismu, které počítají s globálním politickým společenstvím, případně s univerzalistickou kulturou, a to v tom ohledu, že chápe kosmopolitismus jako sociálně situovaný a jako jeden z pokusů o reflexi sebeustavující povahy samotného společenského světa. Jedná se o přístup, jehož středobod tvoří procesy vnitřního vývoje ve společenském světě spíše než globalizace jako primární mechanismus. Je projevem postuniverzalistického druhu kosmopolitismu, který není pouhou podmínkou rozmanitosti, ale je artikulován v kulturních modelech otevřenosti světa, skrze něž se společnosti proměňují. K artikulaci kosmopolitní imaginace dochází v procesech, rámujících společenský svět, a v kulturních modelech, podle nichž se ustavují; nelze ji proto redukovat na konkrétní identity, spíše bychom ji měli považovat za jednu z podob kulturní problematizace (kontroverze), v níž hraje stěžejní úlohu logika překladu. Kosmopolitní imaginace se může rozvíjet v libovolné společnosti a kdykoli. Především však patří k modernitě, chápané jako situace problematizující sebe samu, vystihovaná neúplností a vědomím, že jistota se nikdy neustaví jednou provždy. Kritická kosmopolitní sociologie jako metodologicky silný přístup má velmi specifický úkol: objasnit či vysvětlit proměny společností tím způsobem, že se zaměří na nové nebo vznikající společenské skutečnosti.

Terenska praksa i socijalni rad u doba pandemije COVID-19

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

Economics And Business Of Aging

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The aging population is an inevitable global trend with significant economic and societal impacts. As people live longer, the traditional life stages of education, work, and retirement are redefined. This aging process places macroeconomic pressures on both the economy and society. However, with technological advancements and supportive business and public policies acknowledging this demographic shift, aging can present opportunities rather than merely challenges. Understanding the aging process, its consequences, and the needs of older adults is crucial for economic and societal well-being. Age is a complex concept that includes chronological, biological, and other dimensions, all of which significantly influence the behavior of older individuals. Therefore, it is essential to deepen our understanding of population aging from various scientific perspectives and to develop innovative solutions and robust institutional support to create an economy and society that effectively integrates older individuals. The edited volume “Economics and Business of Aging” addresses research on demographic challenges, focusing on various aspects of population aging. With contributions from diverse authors and different scientific fields, the book provides a comprehensive view of aging, covering economic, medical, and health-related aspects. This wide array of research offers readers valuable insights into the numerous challenges and implications of aging. Although the book primarily aims at the academic community, its findings are also relevant to a broader audience. Managers and administrators can use these insights to improve work organization, manage an aging workforce, develop products and services for older consumers, and help public decision-makers enhance policies for the older population. We extend our gratitude to all the contributing authors and hope that their research will contribute to building a more age-friendly economy and society.

Dějiny blízké budoucnosti

Author(s): Pavel Nováček / Language(s): Czech

History of the Near Future is consisting of articles published in Lidové noviny newspaper in period 2015-2020, covering topics like environment, sustainable development, migration and other global challenges.The article collection explores various contemporary global issues and their potential future impacts. It discusses the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the need for creative destruction rather than a return to old economic practices. The author highlights the importance of sustainable living and the limitations of traditional economic models that ignore environmental capital. The book addresses topics such as climate change, migration, poverty, and the misuse of natural resources. It also critiques specific projects like the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal, arguing for a shift towards more ecologically sound policies. The text underscores the interconnectedness of global challenges and the necessity for a holistic approach to future development. It calls for a reevaluation of societal values and priorities to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience.

Život ve 30. a 40. letech dvacátého století v multikulturních regionech střední Evropy na základě autobiografických próz německy píšících autorů – Ota Filip, Horst Bienek a další

Author(s): Jan Kubica / Language(s): Czech

The text deals with life in the 1930s and 1940s in the area of today's western and northern Bohemia, southern Poland and northern Moravia, based on the autobiographical prose of Ota Filip and Horst Bienko. The texts of these authors refer mainly to northern Moravia and the historical region of Upper Silesia. The memoirs of other authors - Frank Sikora, Eva Althammer-Švorčíková, Hubert Sigmund and Gerold Tietz - deal with life in western and northern Bohemia. In addition to the texts of these authors, the writings of other memoirists (oral history), publicists (contemporary and contemporary texts) and historians (monographs, historiographical studies) are also taken into account.

Nasilje nad ženama: Diskursi, perspektive, lekcije iz bh. povijesti

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,English,German

This edited monograph addresses the issue of violence against women in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina from ancient times to the present day. It was created due to interdisciplinary cooperation between a team of historians, sociologists, legal scholars and literary historians. The research team members and chapter authors are Fahd Kasumović, Almir Marić, Dženan Dautović, Amila Kasumović, Minela Radušić, Adnan Jahić, Mirza Džananović, Sabina Subašić Galijatović, Sarina Bakić, and Ajla Demiragić. The book was assembled into one volume by Fahd Kasumović, who served as both the project team leader and the editor. Structurally, it consists of an introduction, ten chapters and a conclusion.Regardless of the multifaceted and long-standing nature of violence against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the numerous historical sources that speak about it, violence against women is an issue that has been marginalized in historiography. Existing knowledge is fragmented, and no book examines this issue in an interdisciplinary manner, through different historical eras. Similarly, articles that discuss violence against women are rare. Additionally, the information regarding violence against women found in current research is primarily characterized as peripheral references within wider subjects.This monograph aims to fill this gap and create a scientific basis for future dialogue on this important topic. To achieve the set goal, the authors of the book chapters analysed a large number of primary sources that mention various forms of physical, sexual, verbal, psychological, structural and economic violence against women and girls. The materials that formed the foundation of this research were written in various languages, such as Latin, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, German, English, French, Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian.The research is focused on issues such as historical background of the culture of violence against women, the mechanisms that contributed to the reproduction of violence within patriarchal societies, power relations, the identity of the perpetrators and victims of violence, the circumstances under which violence was committed, the sociocultural construction of attitudes towards violence and women, variations in attitudes towards violence in different cultural environments, the sanctioning of violence against women, the attitudes of women themselves towards violence and, in particular, how victims have tried to oppose this phenomenon. In examining the aforementioned issues, considerable attention is directed towards the different historical viewpoints and discourses on violence against women.The book also has its social goal. It aims to contribute to the social dialogue on the elimination of various forms of violence against women, the promotion of the culture of non-violence and gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls; these are also the goals outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Strategy. The editor and team members planned to help reach these objectives through public lectures, discussion groups, and workshops based on this book's content.