Kulturna dimenzija razvoja urbanog i ruralnog društva u procesu modernizacije i evrointegracije Srbije
Doktorand
Petković, Jelena S.Mentor
Božilović, NikolaČlanovi komisije
Stojković, BranimirStevanović, Branislav
Marković Krstić, Suzana
Metapodaci
Prikaz svih podataka o disertacijiSažetak
This dissertation supports the claim that the social development and
modernization of Serbia, in addition to the dominant economic, political and
technological changes, should also be viewed in the context of the changes which occur
in the cultural sphere. Naturally, bearing in mind that the cultural capacities in the
current, modern society are recognized more and more often as developmental
resources, and culture as the fourth dimension of sustainable development (in addition
to the economic, social and ecological one). The cultural dimension of development is
viewed through the relation that exists between cultural factors – tradition, values,
cultural practices, way of life – andsocial development, with a study of the quality and
intensity of their interrelations.
The first part of this dissertation is devoted to the theoretical problematization
of the proposed, topic, the socio-cultural and historical analysis approach to the current
state of the culture of the urban a...nd rural society of Serbia and the analysis of the
relevant findings of researchcarried out at the European and local level. In the second
part of this dissertation, the results of an independent empirical study of the cultural
dimension of development are presented and analyzed, operationalized by a studyof the
cultural participation of the citizens of the city of Niš. Special attention was paid to the
understanding of the values and cultural practices (activities, needs, habits) of the
territorial subcultures – the urban and rural one, and thus their relationship towards the
processes of modernization and Serbian European integrations, as well as their position
and developmental role in these processes. The study was based on the complementary
nature of the descriptive and explanatory approach, with an application of various
research methods (content analysis, comparative-analytical method, statistical methods
and so on). The basic research instrument was the combined questionnaire.
In-depth analytical insight into the hierarchical reality of the modern Serbian
society and culture, as well as an analysis of the established indicators of the study
confirm the initial hypothesis that culture is not perceived as a specially important
dimension of personal and social development in the processes of the modernization of
Serbian society. An analysis of the participation of the respondents in cultural activities
(cultural spending, production and cultural interaction), and an analysis of their cultural
habits and needs, have confirmed a generally limited extent and low level of cultural
participation and socio-cultural activism. For a great majority of the respondents from
the city of Niš, especially those who reside in rural or city-adjacent areas, who have a
lower education and who feel the negative economic effects of the transition, culture
does not provide any sense for their daily existence, nor does culture represent an
essential assumption of change in their own position in society and the transformation
of society as a whole.
Numerous research results have confirmed the social predisposition of cultural
practices and the ambivalent relation of the respondents to the process of Serbian
Europeanintegrations.In addition, certain value changes among the respondents living
in the rural areas were noted, in terms of a weakening of the rigid, non-critical bonding
to tradition towards a more flexible relationship towards change and greater
intercultural sensitivity. This indicates that the modernization of society has
conditioned a series of essential transformations of basic values and patternsoflife,
especially the patterns of human interaction and communication, through the incessant
manifestation of a strong interrelationship between the urban and rural society and their
cultures.
The general conclusion is that the cultural dimension of development is not
adequately recognized or acknowledged as one of the most important elements of the
social transformation, modernization and European integrations of Serbia. The crucial
factor in the current social crisis can be found, among other things, in the serious
violation of the developmental and emancipatory role of culture in the modern social
changes in Serbia. It is necessary to increase the awareness of the citizens and
representatives of the government of the importance of culture and to decentralize the
cultural politics of Serbia, so as to increase socio-cultural involvement, the extent and
quality of the cultural participation of the population at the local level. All this, in the
context of the development of supportive cultural values (education, creativity,
enterprise, respect of diversity, cooperation) and the realization of progressive cultural
goals (an improvement in the educational structure of the society, a decrease in social
and cultural isolation, the domination of traditionalist values, an improvement in quality
cultural production and reception). This will be a significant contribution to the
development of the cultural development of the urban and rural society of Serbia, but
also the modernization of society as a whole.
Fakultet:
Универзитет у Нишу, Филозофски факултетDatum odbrane:
22-12-2015Projekti:
- Tradicija, modernizacija i nacionalni identitet u Srbiji i na Balkanu u procesu evropskih integracija (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179074)