Jove Jim S. Aguas Abstract The present world is being shaped by emerging realities, realities that could hardly be categorized as cultural, political, economic or technological because they transcend or cut across these contextual boundaries. These realities include globalization, multiculturalism, interdependence and integration. While the present generation or people recognize and are more cognizant of … [Read more…]
CRISTIAN NAE Abstract While the proliferation of art biennials appeared to offer a platform for critical resistance and representation formulated in local terms in an increasingly networked world, their conjunction with (and inseparability from) the global flows of capital and the contemporary experiential culture led to an intensified critical scrutiny in the last decade. This … [Read more…]
Dumitru Dodul Abstract After tracing the aspects of globalization, a complex, dynamic and contradictory process, we would like to underline that its essential elements relate to a synchronic implication of unity and diversity. We will analyze the importance of communication in facilitating collaboration, understanding, and social harmony. The central claim is that regardless of … [Read more…]
Nina Dimitrova Abstract This text will comment on some of the important aspects of the connection between Eastern Orthodoxy and contemporary civilization, the historical development of which has been designated as post-modernity. Being neither modern, nor postmodern, nor anti-modern (because these predicates are not relevant to it), Orthodoxy has to answer the … [Read more…]