Constitution of an Object of Study. Slovenia between Global and Local

Authors

  • Thomas C. Wolfe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2008370101

Keywords:

disciplinarity, self-reflexivity, social science, globalization, Slovenia // disciplinarnost, samorefleksivnost, družbene znanosti, globalizacija, Slovenija

Abstract

This paper is an effort to think reflexively about the positions that the social sciences offer in the constitution of an object of study like post-socialist Slovenia. It encourages us to feel a heightened degree of sensitivity about the relationship between social science disciplines like history and anthropology and the ongoing construction of national cultures, and describes the dilemma that confronts states like Slovenia concerning the nature of cultural autonomy in a world of free flowing cultural commodities.

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Razprava je poskus reflektirati položaj družboslovnih znanosti pri konstituiranju predmeta raziskave, konkretno postsocialistične Slovenije. Spodbuja nas, da se bolj zavemo občutljivosti razmerja med družbenimi znanostmi, npr. zgodovino in antropologijo, in nenehnim konstruiranjem nacionalnih kultur. Opisuje dilemo, ki zadeva naravo kulturne avtonomije v svetu prostega pretoka kulturnih dobrin in s katero se spoprijemajo države, kakršna je Slovenija.

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Published

10.10.2008

How to Cite

Wolfe, T. C. (2008). Constitution of an Object of Study. Slovenia between Global and Local. Traditiones, 37(1), 7–21. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2008370101

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Razprave in razgledi / Articles and Essays

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