In its very dynamic essence, a democratic society bears the need for continuous reformation and perfection, and that is why the application of reforms represents an inseparable feature for this type of society. The consolidation of the rule of law, the institutional independence, and the cause of ju…

To argue for the acknowledgment of the importance of historical materialism today when the cold-war and communism have for more than two decades ceased to exist it might create the perception of appearing dejected. Yet such a task which we attempt to take in this work is possible, if only because of…

The main contention of this article is the following: sociology, like all the modern sciences, was born out of philosophy. But, ungratefully enough and perhaps because of a deepseated inferiority complex vis-à-vis the older well established sciences, sociology tends to forget or at least to blurr it…

The key question addressed in this article is social inclusion, as an opposite concept of social exclusion. The author provides a historical of social inclusion/exclusion terminology. Further, some of the principles of social inclusion are presented. A brief review of the literature provides key vie…

This short essay wants to look at beat literature as a medium that has re-introduced in popular feelings the possibility to change the world, transforming its social rules by using new technologies as instruments for emancipation. Stating this, the essay links the beat movement to hipster’s hopes of…

Today’s political sociologists are once again interested in the study of the crisis of mass-based parties, anti-politics and anti-parliamentarism, crisis in the authority of the political class, prevailing corporate interests within republican institutions, and populism. Political sociology however,…

Me këto fjalë Petro Marko1 përpos paktit që ka nënshkruar me historinë ka nënshkruar njëherazi edhe një pakt me lexuesin e tij. Ai ka zgjedhur qëllimshëm të jetë rrëfimtar dhe dëshmitar i një jete “që nuk u jetua vetëm, por paralel me historinë dhe me njerzit”. Interesimi im si studiuese e lexuese p…

Kur lexon “Intervistë me vetveten” dhe njeh, të rrëfyer nga vetë shkrimtari, rrugëtimin e jetës së tij, dhe pastaj, më tej, disa nga romanet e tij, të lind një perceptim i çuditshëm; a thua shkrimtari e jeton jetën sikur të ishte heroi i një romani dhe, nga ana tjetër, i shkruan romanet sikur të ish…

Në vijim të traditës së përvitshme në Prishtinë, nga data 19-30.08.2013 u zhvilluan punimet e Seminarit XXXII ndërkombëtar për gjuhën, letërsinë dhe kulturën shqiptare, i organizuar nga Universiteti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë në bashkëpunim me Universitetin e Tiranës, Fakulteti i Historis…