Original scientific paper

The Youth Between Hope and Anticipation

Miroslav Jilek ; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb

Abstract

In this research several hypotheses of one’s hopes, anticipation of the future as well as utopian consciousness are tested and verified partially.
1. The findings indicate an uneven distribution of hopes and utopian conciousness among different groups of respondents.
2. Data show that personal and social hopes, obviously associated with the social processes and state of affairs, evoperate along with an increasing Yugoslav crisis.
3. As people ususlly behave in accordance with the extent and direction of personal hopes and utopian consciousness the findings obtained indicate a still insufficiently optimistic curve of hopes among the young.
On the basis of the above-mentioned it follows that:
1) The empirical researches should be oriented more towards researching of hopes and utopian consciousness.
2) The desired (utopian) concept of the future depends on everyday, social and political engagement of the young.
First of all the youth ’s organizations should opet »utopian workshops« which could improve one’s formulation and creation of a more distinctive picture of a desirable future as the basis of one ’s everyday activism.

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Hrčak ID:

155121

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155121

Publication date:

31.12.1990.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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