Revija za sociologiju, Vol. 29 No. 1-2, 1998.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Cultural Optimism and Pessimism
Vjeran Katunarić
; Odsjek za sociologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sažetak
As a counterweight to ideologies of cultural pessimism and conservatism, cultural optimism appears as the main normative content of modernity. At the present moment in Croatia cultural optimism is noticeably deflated. Croatian art culture, however, is still the most creative and most diversified cultural capital. Croatian state cultural policy in the present phase selectively supports and directs cultural activities which are appropriate for the affirmation of national identity and cohesion, at home and abroad, and for incorporation into the most effective spheres of market economy, notably, tourism. Such a phase of cultural policy may be characterized as neo-conservative. In relation to the basic stance of cultural optimism, this phase is not regarded as final.
A new and more fruitful moment of Croatian culture and cultural policy will follow the linking of interest and creative effort of its two spheres, state and non-state (private, non-profit, and alternative). Future interaction within those two spheres and among them can create now cultural coalitions. They will, much better than the present ones, agree with the cultural tradition as well as the future cultural development in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
cultural policy; cultural development; cultural optimism; cultural pessimism
Hrčak ID:
154436
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.1998.
Posjeta: 2.359 *