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The key topic of this text is the re-vernacularisation of post-Croato-Serbian standard languages in the service of the state and the nation. The author’s starting point for the elaboration of this topic are four books criticising the subordination of language to nationalist ideas of the state and of the nation: Škiljan’s Speech of the Nation: Language, Nation, Croats (2002); Kordić’s Language and Nationalism (2010); Bugarski’s Do You Speak Polycentric (2018); and Glušica’s The Montenegrin Language and Nationalism (2020). Well-sourced and analytical, Glušica’s book provided the most material for a critique of the practice of re-vernacularisation. The author believes that the practice alienates metalinguisticity from its linguistic community, turning language into state vernacular and discourse of nation, engendering a schism, a diglossia within the Montenegrin linguistic community. The author also believes that such practice is anachronistic and un-emancipatory. What is more, it is entirely contrary to the contemporary processes of vernacularisation that have developed under the influence of communication technologies and computer-mediated communication. The latter represent a challenge to the current practices of standardisation, as, in place of the monologuist, monoglottal and mono-semiotic institution of standard language, they are establishing the foundations for a dialogic, polyglottic and poly-semiotic institution of public language.
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Review of: MAŠTALÍŘ, J., MAŠTALÍŘOVÁ, D., ŠKOPOVÁ, V., BASLEROVÁ, P. - Rukověť kariérového poradce žáků se SVP – individuální plánování a tranzitní program, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2022. 127 s. ISBN 978- 80-244-6089-5
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Reviews of: Jaan Kross ja David Samoilov. Mu sõbra avatud akna all. Tallinn: David Samoilovi Eesti Ühing, Tallinna Ülikool, 2015. 75 lk. Давид Самойлов и Яан Кросс. В окно моего друга. Таллинн: Общество Давида Самойлова в Эстонии, Таллинский университет, 2015. 81 стр. David Samoilovi Pärnu. Teejuht. Luuletusi. Tallinn: Avenarius, 2015. 87 lk. Пярну Давида Самойлова. Путеводитель. Стихи. Таллинн: Авенариус, 2015. 81 стр. Loone Ots. Birkenruh’ episood ja teisi näidendeid. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2016. 358 lk. See sinine sirjendav kaugus. Bernard Kangro ridade vahel tuhlates. Kangro luulest inspireeritud raamat, joonistused, heliplaat ja film. Koostaja Urmas Bereczki. Tallinn: Kirjastus Lepalind, 2016. 227 lk + CD (luuletusi esitavad autor ja Harriet Toompere) + DVD „Kesksuvetants. Etüüdid Bernard Kangro luuletustele” (režissöör Gabriel Dettre). Nancy Huston. Loomispäevik. Loomingu Raamatukogu 2016, nr 21–24. Tlk Leena Tomasberg. 240 lk.
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Review of: Museums of Communism. New Memory Sites in Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by Stephen M. Norris. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2020, 434 p.
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This paper analyses Edhem Mulabdić’s novels Zeleno busenje (1898) and Nova vremena (1914), and his collection of short stories, Na obali Bosne (1900). These texts played a pivotal role in economic, educational and social progress and interculturality among Bosnians. Mulabdić’s literary works strive to bring together “heart and mind” – East and West – and to affirm intercultural understanding through collaboration with other South Slavic peoples. Mulabdić promoted the Bosnian language, universal ethical values, the idea of emancipation through education, and the re-contextualisation of Islamic teachings, and his ideas strongly influenced the wider community.
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This article aims to present an overview of the concept of ‘dostoevshchina’ in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes / Yugoslavia, as well as to point out the similarities and differences in the perception of this concept in Soviet Russia and the Russian diaspora, respectively. The article attempts to clarify the status of this concept in the Balkans, and analyse the book Dostoevsky and Dostoevshchina by philosopher and missionary Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov. Studying the disputes about Dostoevsky from magazines worldwide, and those from “Russia Abroad”, helps the researcher understand the issues that both Soviet Russia and the Russian diaspora faced at the time and dealt with by relying on the ideas from Dostoevsky’s opus.
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Review of: Migrations: Literary and linguistic aspects, Ivo Fabijanić, Lidija Štrmelj, Vesna Ukić Košta, Monika Bregović, eds., Peter Lang GmbH, 2019.
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The new Theoretical Practice review forum deals with the synthesis of the recent history of Poland by the American historian Brian Porter-Szűcs. The work, conceived as a counterbalance to the martyrological and self-centered narrative about Poland and Poles in recent decades, has provoked lively reactions. We invited to debate historians of various generations and academic circles, working in Poland and in the English-speaking world. They take up key issues for historical writing and the key concepts of Polish history. These are, among others, the challenges of synthesis, the limits of comparison and the scaling of the point of view and the position from which a historian, immersed in his own linguistic community or national culture, speaks. The work in question brings into view perks and perils of various positions of the writer towards the community of recipients. The forum participants point out the risks of using one’s own experiences and memories as a signpost in assessing historical events and the problem of writing history of ordi-nary people, often despite the author’s will, remaining a nameless mass. This forum is a great starting point for a discussion on these key issues of historical writing.
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The environment in which organisations (including universities) operate is increasingly enforcing digital transformation, the success of which depends not only on the technology to be implemented but also – and in particular – on the human factor. Leaders play a major role in guiding the organisation through the change process. This article attempts to synthesise researchers’ scientific pursuits to date when it comes to digital leadership at universities. The purpose of this work is to evaluate and synthesise the published literature referring to digital leadership at universities and to identify future directions for research on academic digital leadership. A systematic review of the literature was conducted in order to identify the state of the art and to integrate and synthesise the existing body of literature on this topic. The research was undertaken based on two main databases: Scopus and Web of Science. In line with the selection stages and criteria adopted, 20 articles were subjected to the final analysis. Keyword mapping was carried out as part of the review, which made it possible to create three clusters. The first cluster combines leadership with the area of digital competence building, the second cluster focuses around digital transformation at universities, and the third cluster is related to digital leadership, namely the characteristics of digital leaders. The results of the analysis combined with the rapidly increasing popularity of topics related to digital transformation in its broadest sense demonstrate that the contemplated research field is in the early growth phase and requires further exploration.
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A Review Essay by Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova: China’s Foreign Policy Contradictions: Lessons from China’s R2P, Hong Kong, and WTO Policy, Tim Nicholas Rühlig. Oxford University Press, 2021. Home before Dark, TV series by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik. Apple TV+, 2020.
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This review article discusses the book of Roman Krzanowski, Ontological Information: Information in the Physical World, which is published by World Scientific. Krzanowski’s book makes a very important contribution to the contemporary discussion about the nature of information. The author analyzes the concept of ontological information and its uses in the works of scientists from various disciplines, resulting in an innovative and inspiring analysis that every philosopher involved in the philosophy of information should read.
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This review article discusses Andrzej Bielecki’s book Models of Neurons and Perceptrons: Selected Problems and Challenges, as published by Springer International Publishing. This work exemplifies “philosophy in science” by adopting a broad, multidisciplinary perspective for the issues related to the simulation of neurons and neural networks, and the author has addressed many of the important philosophical assumptions that are entangled in this area of modeling. Bielecki also raises several important methodological issues about modeling. This book is recommended for any philosophers who wish to learn more about the current state of neural modeling and find inspiration for a deeper philosophical reflection on the subject.
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Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland This article is a review of the book Making AI Intelligible. Philosophical Foundations, written by Herman Cappelen and Josh Dever, and published in 2021 by Oxford University Press. The authors of the reviewed book address the difficult issue of interpreting the results provided by AI systems and the links between human-specific content handling and the internal mechanisms of these systems. Considering the potential usefulness of various frameworks developed in philosophy to solve the problem, they conduct a thorough analysis of a wide spectrum of them, from the use of Saul Kripke’s work to a critical analysis of the explainable AI current.
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The article presents the political activity of Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński (c. 1660–1713), which emerges from his letters to King Jan III written between 1692 and 1695. The study is based on seven, mostly unknown, Bieliński’s letters sent to the king and preserved in the Oława Sobieski Archive in the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Minsk. The article ends with a critical edition of these letters published in an appendix.
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Film a dějiny (Film i historia) to nie tylko wydawany w Czechach cykl publikacji pokonferencyjnych, ale także świadectwo nowego sposobu radzenia sobie tamtejszego środowiska akademickiego z dylematami historycznofilmowymi. Ukazujące się od 2004 r. monograficzne opracowania z jednej strony wypełniają filmoznawcze białe plamy, poruszając tematy wcześniej w dyskusji nieobecne, a z drugiej proponują dialog zogniskowany wokół kluczowych zagadnień dotyczących kinematografii narodowej. Do tej pory zrealizowane zostały następujące projekty: „Adolf Hitler i inni – filmowe obrazy zła”, „Polityczna kamera – film i stalinizm”, „Normalizacja”, „Pierestrojka”, „Postkomunizm – przemiany w czeskim filmie historycznym po roku 1989” i „Propaganda”.
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