Preliminary communication

WHY WASTE TIME WITH DINKO TOMAŠIĆ?

Ivan Rogić ; Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb

Abstract

The current interest in Tornašlć's work is not only an archeological
obligation of social sciences, but one of the first problems of deconstructionist
analysis of a period in which Tomašić was one of the numerous
"blind spots". Interest for such analyses is all the greater, because
Tomašić, like many others, was a politically engaged scientist - a social
reformer - so his "falling into oblivion" was probably more motivated by
political interest. Thus reviving curiosity for Tornašlč's work the author
continues to analyze briefly his two main ideas: the one about the cultural
identity as the basis of the "Balkan crisis", as well as the idea about Balkan
societies as societies "under pressure". Both ideas clearly demonstrate
that a lack of systematic analyses of cultural and social processes in the
past can indeed be perilous, and also that it is neccesary to develop
explorative approaches in major issues of modern Croatian society.

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Hrčak ID:

33099

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/33099

Publication date:

1.11.1993.

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