Original scientific paper
Knowledge about Society and Ignorance – How Sociologists and Politicians Speak about Yugoslav Society
Vjeran Katunarić
; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb
Abstract
The clash between power and knowledge exemplified in the relations among Yugoslav politicians and sociologists is the subject of this article in which the author, taking the example of Mr. Stipe Šuvar, demonstrates how the osmosis of power and knowledge in eastern socialist societies has brought about the mutual destruction of power and knowledge.
According to the author's opinion, it was only a matter of (relatively short) time when the political rhetoric of »protecting the historical interests of the working class« would be replaced by the rhetoric of »protecting the equal rights of peoples and nationalities«. The author analyses the first rhetoric and its arrogance towards science while convinced that a future analysis will reveal the same contrasts as his own analysis.
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155496
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Publication date:
31.12.1989.
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