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WHY WE NEED DOSTOYEVSKI TODAY

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NIKODIM TISMANSKI IN PRINCE LAZAR’S MISSION IN CONSTANTINOPLE

In the year when eight centuries of the independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church is being celebrated, the issue of the concept of autocephaly in the liturgical-canonical context is actualized, through consideration of numerous events and processes from turbulent history. One of the most important processes was the activity of Prince Lazar, with the assistance of the Mount Athos monks, aimed at reconciliation of the Serbian and the Constantinople Patriarchates. The key for the success of Prince Lazar’s Constantinople mission was his spiritual closeness to the Mount Athos monks, Sinaits and Hesychasts, which in his time occupied some of the key positions in the Constantinople and Bulgarian churches and held important chairs in Orthodox institutions in the Balkans. Although an old man Isaija Serski-Hilandarac is mentioned as the main spiritus movens of this mission of great importance, the presence of Nikodim Tismanski, a “words interpreter”, was also significant. His role in the Orthodox church of the second half of the 14th century was researched not only based on the mentioned activities for the overcome of the schism, but in the foundation of numerous monasteries either in the feudal states of Prince Lazar (Vratna, Manastirica) or in the Romanian lands (Vodica, Tisman). Thus, the solution of this canonical problem has provided a framework for research of church life in the second half of the 14th century.

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THE HUMANISTIC ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE TREATISES OF FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO MARTINI

The treatises on architecture by Francesco di Giorgio Martini occupy an important place in the Renaissance thought and they place him deservingly among the most important artists, architects and theorists of his time. They reflected the need to render both humanism and the ways of its realization as accurately measured processes, while architecture itself was interpreted from functional, social and artistic points of view.The important questions of humanism in architecture, the relations between the anatomy of a city, its structures and the man were the focal points of Martini’s architectural theory. They were deeply woven into the physiognomy of the Renaissance humanism and into architecture as an autonomous creative discipline. Thus, the thoughts about the nature of Man and about the role of architecture in the world of Renaissance,were actualized in his treatises: the world that was to be measured according to Man. It launched the humanistic revitalization of spiritimminent to Man, who in his very spirituality found a way to elevate the corporeal to the godly, and to express it in art and architecture.Martini’s architectural principles understood the humanist ideal of the beauty of Man, which introduced his corporeality into the structural and functional aspects of architecture, in proportionality of design,as well as in the wider idea of humanization of architecture, which formulated humanism after the image of a dignified man. Conscious of social circumstances, in his architectural thought he set the path for the development of urban landscape. With humanization of social space, he has laid the basic principles of the socially sensible urbanistic and architectural practices. These ideas demonstrated a tendency to widen the field of implications and meanings. Thus, it may rightly be concluded that Martini’s treatises on architecture have deepened the Renaissance architectural thought, whose universality and specificity were confirmed by the relationship between creativity and the character of the humanistic tradition.

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ISAIAH BERLIN’S HISTORY OF IDEAS AND IMMANUEL KANT’S PHILOSOPHY

In this article, we will answer the following questions: How did Immanuel Kant’s philosophy influence Isaiah Berlin’s philosophical analysis? Was it just in the methodological sense of the term? How did Isaiah Berlin integrate some of the crucial Kant’s standpoints? What are the similarities between these two thinkers? What are the main critical arguments Berlin directed at Kant’s philosophy? It turns out that there is a strong philosophical connection between the two thinkers and that the philosophical analysis of the history of ideas in Isaiah Berlin’s works owes very much to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

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ISAIAH BERLIN’S HISTORY OF IDEAS AND IMMANUEL KANT’S PHILOSOPHY

Историја народа се огледа и у његовим културно-историјским ресурсима. Сакрални споменици Србије представљају данас неизоставан атрактивни фактор и важан сегмент специфичног облика туристичког и културног путовања, који се назива верски туризам. Неке од најзначајнијих верских дестинација сасвојим неисцрпним сакралним благом у свету, бележе веома значајан девизни прилив остварен од туризма. Томе доприноси културно наслеђе као један од најважнијих туристичких мотива, којем стреми велики број туриста у свету, и представља значајан потенцијал одрживог развоја туризма. Република Србија развој туризма базира између осталог и на валоризацији културно-историјске баштине, међу којима манастири и цркве заузимају значајно место. Српска православна црква располаже великим бројем објеката, који у националним и међународним оквирима имају важну историјску, културну и верску вредност. Као најзначајнији сакрални објекти могу да се издвоје манастири рашке, моравске и српско-византијске школе, али и фрушкогорски и овчарско-кабларски. У овом раду сагледаће се вредности појединих сакралних грађевина, насталих као задужбине породице Немањића. Оне и у години обележавања 800 година аутокефалности Српске православне цркве, представљају неискоришћене ресурсе за развој туризма Србије. 

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SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL LIFE OF SINGLE PARENTS BETWEEN THE RURAL AND THE URBAN

Traditional family has undergone major changes over the past century.More and more parents are single parents who, for various reasons,raise their children without help of a co-parent. This paper presents results of an empirical research carried out in the region of Vojvodina on a total sample of 200 single parents. In addition, attention is focused on analysing their social life and the social networks of single-parent families. It concludes with the reliance of single parents on relatives and friendly networks for support in everyday life.

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CONTRIBUTION TO THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Measurability of truth in science occurs within the framework of methodology, which we also define as the science of science. It is often forgotten that science, as an activity of the spirit, rests on the philosophical assumptions that the truth exists, that it can be known,and that it is a value in itself. Bypassing these premises, that is, taking science as a thing that is given, often invokes cyclic phenomena in its spheres, in which not only there is no new knowledge, but old cognitions are constantly recycled, filling columns with rows devoid of substance and form. In addition to focusing on the basic principles of verifiability of scientific thought, in this paper we will try to answer several general questions: What is science? What are the limits of science? What are the expectations of the scientific call and its role in the modern world?

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THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION AND OPERATIONALISATION OF THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION CONCEPT

Social exclusion appears as one of the main problems of modern societies. It is a process in which individuals or groups exclude themselves from opportunities, possibilities and rights a rising from political, economic and social spheres, as guaranteed by the organization of a particular society. One of the basic problems that sociologists and other researchers encounter is obviously different,often incomplete definition of social exclusion, which in many ways makes research difficult. For this reason, the problem of defining and operationalising of the notion of social exclusion is a very important step in investigating this phenomenon. There is a very small number of attempts to operationalise this term in literature, and there is often no difference between the concepts of social exclusion and poverty,since the concept of social exclusion is often used as a substitute for the notion of poverty. Within this paper, the problem of defining social exclusion, basic approaches, dimensions and its operationalisation will be discussed. The subject of this research is an analysis of the social exclusion concept. The aim of the paper is to use the method of definition of the term through creation of a precise and complete primarily sociological definition of the social exclusion concept and through analysis of its dimensions, to operationalise this notion and find indicators relevant to this research.

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APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS IN FILM, MEDIA AND DRAMATIC TEXT ANALYSIS

The aim of this paper is to propose and to present the use of statistical quantitative and qualitative research methods in the analysis of film, media and dramatic texts. In order to fulfil the goal, the film Gone Girl (2014) was analysed as a case study by using contrast analysis, analysis of the structure configuration, correlation analysis, distance and factor analysis. Statistical analyses were performed following the 17 characters and the two phenomena, with six variables. The film was analysed as a whole and divided into smaller narrative segments. The results of the analysis show that the application of statistical quantitative and qualitative methods have not led to the trivialization of the problem and the process of concluding, but have helped in discovering the deep layers of the dramatic text instead. Conclusion was drawn that statistical quantitative and qualitative methods should become part of the methodological apparatus in analyses of film, media and dramatic texts.

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THE ANALOGUE AND THE DIGITAL AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR USE IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

The paper deals with the differences between the analogue and the digital and the opportunities they can present in social research. It is stated that digitization has given a strong impetus to measurement in the social sciences, by producing large quantities of specified data. This allows for a more extensive and qualitative description, explanation and understanding of social phenomena. The author has classified the data used in social research into three groups: 1) original data generated on a digital platform, 2) original analogue data, and 3) the data that is partly digital and partly analogue. The author looks at each of these three types of data, treating their potentials and limitations in terms of social research.