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One talks about the Enlightenment and its opposite, the counter-Enlightenment, as though thinkers in intellectual history could easily be deposited in one or other of the categories. The aim of this special edition is twofold: one, to discuss whether such a poorly nuanced historical categorization does service to those thinkers on the periphery of ethical, political and social thought. And two, to trace the relationship of the counter-enlightenment (and necessarily its opposite) to violence, conflict and protest. The aim of the journal as a whole is to reinstate certain possible alternatives into the heart of our historical tradition through the reorientation and weakening of the Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment binary opposition.
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This publication is a part of a broader attempt to revisit the place and role of contemporary science, especially the humanities and social sciences, in face of an increasing socio-political condition of conflict. More specifically, it is an attempt to call into question our basic epistemic approach to conflicts, our basic understanding of the nature of conflicts. This inquiry does so by explicitly asking about the epistemology of conflicts, and by formulating the fundamental question of such an epistemology: what are conflicts — social, political, cultural, religious, cognitive, emotional, moral — as events of knowledge?
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There are events in one's intellectual life that are simultaneously enormously rewarding and demanding. Taking up the editorship of East European Politics and Societies (EEPS) is one of these events, and, if I may remark, this occurrence speaks volumes for the openmindedness of the American academic community. Years ago, the late Ferenc Feher, himself a contributor to EEPS, called me "a walking Who's Who in Eastern Europe." If he had said, 16 years ago, when I arrived in the United States, that I would be invited to edit the most prestigious journal focused on the region where I was born and educated, I would have thought that he was dreaming. Nevertheless, the dream has become a reality, and the invitation to the editorship is one of the most felicitous events of my life. [...]
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Mieliems skaitytojams pristatome 18-ąjį Kauno istorijos metraščio tomą. Džiaugiamės, kad jame skelbiami tiek mūsų nuolatinių, tiek ir naujų jaunų autorių darbai, kuriuose nagrinėjami Kauno praeities klausimai. Ačiū visiems autoriams, recenzentams, redakcinei kolegijai ir leidybos personalui, be kurių nebūtų šio leidinio. Viliamės, kad skaityojas ras įdomių tyrimų ir naujų įžvalgų, kurios galbūt paskatins ir tolesnius tyrinėjimus.
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Since 1987, when the first issue of EEPS appeared, much has changed-not only in Eastern Europe, but also in the way academic disciplines encompass the study of East European subjects. One need not argue any more about the "intrinsic interest of studying Eastern Europe," or vouch that the region is more than merely "a kind of side show whose primary importance lies in its strategic value to the USSR." As for EEPS, after eight years in print, the journal has indeed established itself "as the central, unifying publication for all the disciplines in the East European field. [...]
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With the printing of this issue the current editor passes the relay baton to Jan Gross, whose work, since the 1970s, has been among the most influential in the corpus of East European studies on this side of the Atlantic. The work of "Continuing EEPS" will hence be fully in accord with the intentions of the founders, as well as with those of the current members of the Joint Committee on Eastern Europe, the new editor having been among the editors of EEPS from the beginning. [...]
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“Gračanički glasnik”, a magazine for cultural history, first appeared 25 years ago as a result of a private initiative of three professors from Gračanica: Omer Hamzić, Mirzet Hamzić and Rusmir Djedović. The clear and constant concept of the magazine, as a way of opening a window about the past and present of Gračanica and its surroundings in all its richness of content and intertwining with the general events and processes gained the trust and support of the intellectually mindedpublic and certain circles of political and economic life, which enabled the regular publication of the Magazine until this jubilee, the 50thedition. The enthusiasm and excellence of its initiators “captured” numerous associates, whose number was constantly growing, and this resulted in an enviable level of quality and diversity of content which made this project a kind of phenomenon not only of local significance, but a project that was very important on the level of the whole country. That which the cultural and scientific institutions did not want, could, or knew, was achieved by the “Gračanički glasnik”, which affirmed itself as a first-class institution of thiskind. The author looksback at the character and result of this publishing endeavor in the last 25 years of its activity, using the analyses, views and evaluations of some of its active implementers, expressed in the years that were jubilees and on other occasions.
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People are characterized by rationality, and rationality assumes the ability to think. Thinking has two sides, one informational, which reveals the content of thinking, and another operational, which reveals the functionality of thinking, the fact that it involves the transformation of information in order to acquire new knowledge or to solve problems. It is worth noting that human thinking is not uniform, but it depends on the education received in the family, in school or even through one’s own efforts. Some people think that to think critically means to be grumpy, opportunistic, to reject the ideas of others just for your own ideas to be imposed. Obviously, as human beings, this ability to think is extremely important because human life is much more complex than the life of any other creature, and because of this man needs a system of thinking to help him navigate through the complexity of life, and this help comes from critical thinking, which has precisely this role.
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