Thinking beyond Capitalism
Thinking beyond Capitalism are the proceedings of the conference “Thinking Beyond Capitalism”, held in Belgrade in 2015 and organized by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory.
What We Mean when We Say… Towards Fair Housing Policies in Serbia
This paper proposes a reform of housing taxation. The reform would demotivate citizens and corporations from buying and owning housing as investment property or savings property.
What We Mean when We Say … Child Poverty?
The aim of this publication is to present to a wider audience why the struggle against child poverty is important for a society. This topic is insufficiently discussed in public, yet it should be a priority of every society
What We Mean when We Say … Reform of Redistributive Policy in Serbia after 2000
This publication analyzes the post-communist redistributive policy in Serbia after 2000. The authors argue that market fundamentalism (the principle that the market is the most effective solution to post-communist problems) has failed to deliver on what was promised in 1989.
What We Mean when We Say … Workforce – Potential and Utilization
The workforce is treated as a generator of the development of society as a whole, the source of economic and demographic vitality. For this reason, it is the focus of researchers of various profiles and the subject of national institutional discussions.
What We Mean when We Say … Local Self-Government
Local self-government is a form of direct democracy that aims to involve citizens in making important decisions regarding the immediate environment of their place of residence. Socialist Yugoslavia had a highly developed system of local self-government in the form of Local Communities (mesna zajednica) that gave citizens the opportunity to directly decide on achieving common goals and meeting common needs in urban, suburban and rural residential areas.
From Education to Uneducation: Three Theories
Texts by Wilhelm von Humboldt, Theodor Adorno, and Konrad Paul Liessmann, initially published 1793, 1959, and 2006 respectively, and gathered in this volume follow the various shifts in education over the years.
Benjamin’s Critique of Violence: Contributions and Comments
The book includes Walter Benjamin’s provocative and influential essay “Critique of Violence” (1921), as well as texts that accompany and illuminate it from several perspectives.
Time, Consciousness and Complexity: Temporality in Bergson’s and Husserl’s Philosophy
Time, Consciousness and Complexity is an analysis of Bergson’s and Husserl’s philosophy of temporality. Mark Losoncz pays particular attention to the critique of some everyday and philosophical conceptions of time, as well as the attempt to conceive temporality as a qualitative, heterogeneous and dynamic dimension of experience