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THE CULTURE OF VIRTUAL (UN)REALITY

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The Internet could be defined as a semantically floating environment whose codes mirror everyday acts of a subject or social group; such environment is a novelty per se (in the sense of the medium itself), but also concerns the way in which the communication process is being reconstituted. A medium (channel, means) of communication, as far as the Internet is concerned, connects textual audio and visual elements adding interactivity to them – the possibility of influencing the form and content of requested information. The paradox of a subject and an identity lies in the fact that the subject is simultaneously free to set coordinates of his/her presence on the Web by creating his/her personal profile, but at the same time is imprisoned within cyber space of the screen entirely occupying the visual field. So, we have to ask if the `reality` and `copy of reality` are the issue here or are we at the beginning of a new, different reality within which `real` and `virtual` are being increasingly intertwined?

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

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THE PROCESS OF ACULTURES

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THE PARIS COMMUNE VIS-À-VIS EDUCATION AND CULTURE

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PRACTICAL POSITIONING OF CULTURE IN THE LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM OF SERBIA

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Legislative system in the field of culture is an unusual aspect of viewing this immensely important domain of human life, and so far the position of culture in the context of its place in the legislation of a country and the influence of such a system on its development have not been considered as topics worth analyzing. There has indeed been very few papers dealing with this matter, both in national and international literature. Although the problem of cultural legislation and the relation of the terms “law” and “culture” in general is of theoretical nature, a very important issue arises in this context – the virtual position of culture in the Serbian administrative and legislative system. In addition, there are numerous important aspects to this issue which can basically come down to the analysis of the virtual relation between culture and state, as well as the relation of culture and law in the Serbian legislative system which can offer answers to most questions beside practical legal position of our culture. Besides, the position of culture in Serbian politics may also be interesting in this context, since the influence of politics in Serbia is so overwhelming that it represents a significant factor of the overall cultural development. Along with these aspects, the topic requires an analysis of certain researches related to the practical overview of the legal position of culture in Serbia. In view of the fact that virtual position of culture in the Serbian administrative and legislative system is directly related to the actual influence of the law on our cultural development, we find that the presentation of this problem may indicate other insufficiently utilized elements which maybe a basis for a quality progress. Namely, the restructuring of the system of administrative and legal positioning of Serbian culture may create adequate prerequisites for its further development, because this system is of enormous significance for its existence.

ON ALLEGED RIGHT OF THE CULTURE OF PHILOSOPHY TO BE CONSIDERED DISTINCT AND INTRANSITIVE

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This paper presents and analyzes the Rorty’s diachronous threading of “cultures”: religious, philosophical and literary. Particular attention is given to the difference between the cultures of philosophy and literature and to the conclusion that the difference is not as significant as Rorty claims. The characteristics that Rorty attributes to the „unredemptive” literary culture, emancipated from obsession either with God or the Truth, do not separate it from the actual culture of philosophy. It seems to be quite the opposite: the two “cultures” by their genre are less exclusive and without transcendental support, and are combined in modernity through polysemious but analogous, inspirational and uncertain exploration of their status and vocation.

THE NEW ARAB CULTURE IN AN OLD GUISE?

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