SOPHOS: A Young Researchers’ Journal

Robert T. Craig. Tradicije komunikacijske teorije / Robert T. Craig. Traditions of Communication Theory

Adnan Hatibović — 2023-12-27

Translated from: Bruhn, K. & Craig, R. T. (ur.) (2016). The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons.

Ivo Komšić (2023): Fenomeni socijalne pulsacije (Sarajevo: Academia Analitica & Synopsis, 2023, str. 321)

Vedad Muharemović — 2023-12-27

Book review: Komšić, Ivo (2023). Fenomeni socijalne pulsacije. Sarajevo: Academia Analitica & Synopsis.

Jelena Gaković (2023): Društvena arhitektonika digitalnog doba (Sarajevo: Academia Analitica, 2023, str. 151).

Nijaz Ibrulj — 2023-12-27

Book review: Gaković, Jelena (2023). Društvena arhitektonika digitalnog doba. Sarajevo: Academia Analitica.

David Harvey (2020): The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. (London: Pluto Press, 2020, 240 str.)

Adnan Hatibović — 2023-12-27

Book review: Harvey, David (2020). The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. London: Pluto Press.

Virtualizacija performativne umjetnosti u doba socijalnog distanciranja / Virtualisation of Performative Arts During the Times of Social Distancing

Jelena Gaković — 2023-12-27

The times of social distancing and movement restrictions caused by Covid-19 have been marked by significant changes in all aspects of life. Due to preventive pandemic measures direct access of audiences to cultural institutions was unabled and performative arts moved to an online, virtual environment physicaly distancing performers from the audience. In this paper, we discuss adaptations that took place in the domain of culture and arts offering a virtual, technologically mediated experience, deprived from some dimensions of senses, emotional engagement, interaction and communication in vivo. Our research, therefore aims to inform on audiances’ aesthetic experience which was on the one hand devoided of bodily, situated performances, or on the other hand taking place with reduced number of spectators in an open space sites during the social distancing times. Key issues we focus on are transformations of performing arts in terms of audience participation and similar kinds of modifications that were not merely an answer to a current crisis, but a shift towards the new hybrid models of digital culture overcoming classic conceptual oppositions such as real-virtual, individual-collective and mass-elite. Our insights on performative arts and new media spheres hybridisation process as well as audiences’ altered position during social distancing times are based on literature in the field of sociology of culture and arts, esthetics and mediology.

Migracije – kritike klasičnih teorija i feministički doprinosi / Migrations – Criticisms of Classical Theories and Feminist Contributions

Tatjana Žarković — 2023-12-27

The fast way of life, the intensive flow of information and the comprehensive connection of people and capital with the global market and modern technologies lead to the questioning of the traditional definitions of the concepts of space, place and time in the social sciences, which at the same time makes the classical theories of migration questionable. The issue of “methodological nationalism” has long been discussed and criticized in the literature, as well as Eurocentrism, the dominance of the economic perspective and gender imbalance, recognized as stumbling points in migration research. The main criticisms of classical theories of migration are presented in the paper, as well as new approaches that are born from the attempt to understand the changes brought about by modern society and to overcome the set stumbling points.

Globalni kapitalizam – država u doba globalizma i desupstancijalizacija politike / Global Capitalism – the State in the Age of Globalism and Desupstantialisation of Politics

Adnan Hatibović — 2023-12-27

In this paper I will analyze geopolitical factors and systemic contradictions that contribute to the creation of imperialist practices. I will explain the concept of imperialism and the interweaving, as noted by David Harvey, of territorial logics and the molecular processes of capital, which points to the continued key role of the nation- state in the reproduction of the capitalist system. I will explain the multiple importance of imperialism, which is simultaneously a means of profitable realization, subjugation, systemic reparation, etc. Such a position requires re-examination of the role of the national state, its transformation and power relations within it, which opposes the views of its insignificance in the age of globalism. I will point out two conditions that generate the impotence of autonomous politics and its de-substantialization: the sub-political power of global capital, which is transformed into political influence through various mechanisms; the limitation and transcen-dence of the understanding of politics within the “methodological nationalism” that exists with the insistence on globalization. Finally, the paper touches on the responsibility and limitations of left-wing policies and their capitulation to the forces of capital.

Ideja ekspresivne racionalnosti u filozofiji Roberta Brandoma / Idea of Expressive Rationality in the Philosophy of Robert Brandom

Omar Mahmutović — 2023-12-27

In this paper, we will consider Brandoms fundamental components of his understanding of interesting concept of expresive rationality. I think it’s necessary, in orded to gain logical distinction of this concept, to analise and postulate basic meanings and parts of Brandoms philosophy. In this paper, we will interpret and explain the fundamental tenets of Robert Brandom’s intriguing concept of expressive rationality. Brandom, in his research on linguistic practices and their implications, approaches the topic from the perspective of inferentialism, a specific approach to the theory of meaning.
Inferentialism is based on determining the meaning of expressions through their correspondence with other expressions. Brandom’s philosophy can be described using various terms, including the philosophy of inferentialism, the philosophy of intentionality, and logical expressivism.

Preispitivanje narativnih svojstava i dogmatskog shvatanja zida – doprinos shvatanju liminalnosti arhitekture u zrcalu forme i strukture / Review of the Narrative Properties and Dogmatic Understanding of the Wall – a Contribution to Understanding the Architecture’s Liminality Through the Mirror of Form and Structure

Katarina Bošnjak Karadža — 2023-12-27

Architecture has the role to mediate communication and fabrication of perception of truth and dogmas of a society in certain space and time, and the wall, as the most accessible element, plays a significant role in this process as the bearer of the symbolic-representational function of architecture, thus overcoming its tectonic definition. The position of the wall at the interface of intention of blocking and permeating socio-spatial flows within the urbo-architectural ensemble makes it a liminal artifact subject to multiple interpretations. For this reason, numerous aspects of recognized binding narratives – protection, communication, marking and memory – were examined, indicating the existence of transcendence of the idea and concept of sanctity throughout the history of construction. Goal of this paper is to examine the existence of relationship between the inherent liminality of the wall and the type of narrative that men define responding to recognized liminality, that is, the origin of man’s need for enclosure – for barriers that are the product of seeking and creating sense and meaning in truths and dogmas. One of the answers lies in theological philosophy as the cause of structural dogmas in architecture, which through a metaphorical expression based on the subjective pathological dogmatism of the religious conception of the world can realize a literal collective interpretation through the artefact of the wall.

Sociologija religije Hansa Mola: dosezi identitetske teorije religije / Hans Mol’s Sociology of Religion: The Scope of the Identity Theory of Religion

Alma Džehverović — 2023-12-27

The subject of this paper is the Hans Mol’s sociology of religion, which is also known as the “identity theory of religion”. The aim of the paper is to show Hans Mol’s contributions based on the analysis and critical assumptions of the identity theory of religion. In order to shed light on contemporary social constellations that necessarily imply the presence of religion in the “public sphere”, the paper proves the plausibility and scientific usability of the identity theory of religion in the analysis of religion and its connection with identity, politics and culture. In accordance with the saying, the paper shows that the sociology of religion by Hans Mol in toto should be observed and understood in its own interpretative range. In this sense, identity theory of religion does not represent just one innovative platform for understanding religion as “sacralization of identity”; it must be understood in the context of its methodological and paradigmatic significance for the sociology of religion as a whole. For this reason, the paper highlights the theoretical coordinates of Hans Mol’s sociology of religion, which is found at the intersection of sociological, anthropological and secularization theories of religion.

Arhitektonska potraga za stvarnim / Architectural Pursuit for the Real

Isra Tatlić — 2023-12-27

The specificity of architectural activity in the process of creation lies in its abstraction of reality. Architects, who often do not know the context within which they operate, define goals, problems and tools based on professional analytical methods. The traditional educational system emphasizes the role of the expert as a “conductor” who controls the outcome with a drawing. At the same time, authorship and creativity enable the designer (company or project client) to determine how the newly built context functions, its appearance, and the way it is used by the end users. An even more common phenomenon is intuitive spatial activity, where due to the pressure of modern parameters of time and money, decisions are made based on the unconscious process of creation. The results are responses to fragments of reality or reckless actions on existing complex spatial relationships. During the entire process of creating a new reality, experts – who are members of the system and the macro-social level, act on the micro-social level and implement the values of the system. Ultra-subjective alienation from reality and the manipulative practice of narrative design solutions serve individuals instead of common interests. What are the possibilities of resisting the ideological construction of the new reality? If we want to improve the existing context with architecture, we should solve contradictions through spatial activity instead of hiding them ideologically. By including the subjective and objective realities of the context within which the architect operates, the possibility of strengthening the user and the community is realized. It is necessary to include reality in the creative process, in the way of their mutual interweaving instead of differentiating. It should not be the final stage of the process, but a parallel part of its initiation, development and completion.

Kontrapunkti teorijskih naučavanja o državi / Counterpoints of Theorethical Teachings About the State

Semir Halilović — 2023-12-27

The state is the organizational achievement of the development of human social and political consciousness. It is a mechanism of unifying power over people and territory, on the one hand, or, on the other hand, solving the historical issue of the right to power. The theoretical understanding of the state is observed from the theological, philosophical, evolutionist, rationalist, historical and functionalist points of view, from which its different conceptions arise. The actual existence of the state goes back to the deep history of the human race, while theories about its existence and development are ancient and modern creations. Depending on the time of looking at its content, the state was a monarchy, an oligarchy and a democracy. The first two types of rule are interpreted as personal, while the third type is described for general benefit, which in today’s sense of the word we understand as the state. In its development, the state went through a path from direct, personal-status, to delegated and representative rule. In the modern sense, the state is depersonalized, sovereign and democratic, the rule of law and institutions, over a clearly defined territory and population. The state unites the social totality on its territory, positioning itself as the unifier and arbiter of all particularities, from whose consent it derives its power. Today’s science often breaks down the concept of ancient government and modern state. The first one is deprived of its territoriality, legality and depersonalization, while the second one is associated with the renaming of man as a citizen, i.e. the victory of codified law over the arbitrary will of the ruler. No matter when and where they were created, all forms of government were a response to the historical situation faced by a certain human community. Therefore, the state is the result of the understanding of a historical moment by a given human community.

Doprinosi sociologije Maxa Webera razumijevanju savremenog društva / Contributions of Max Weber’s Sociology for Understanding the Contemporary Society

Hasija Omerbegović — 2023-12-27

In this text I discuss about contribution of Max Weber’s sociology relate to the area of policy action and economy. In addition to the analysis of capitalism which embodies Webers ideal-type constructions such as bureaucracy, authority and power, process of rationalisation and forms of social action but also an essential part of his sociology are concepts of social action and social order. Every aspect mentioned in the text is an important part of the basic dynamism in society on a higher level. Weber observed society in its entirety through institucional structure and processes which take place within the same society also considering their historical framwork. Successful prediction of the future society developments are a verification of sociologis quality which Weber certainly deserved.

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