Vol.3, No 1, 2004 pp. 123 - 138
UDC 821.111(73)-2.09 Tesich S.
WAR AND DEMOCRACY -
THE BETRAYAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN TESICH'S
PLAYS
Milena Kostić
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, Serbia and Montenegro
Steve Tesich appears as just one of many contemporary authors (Wenders,
Rich, Rabe) who explore cultural practices that make violence, war and
cruelty inevitable. The purpose of this essay is to explore the consequences
of such cultural practice within Western culture (especially in America)
in which the crippling of human potentials goes on and on unchecked and
to examine if it is possible for Western culture to return to the teaching
of Socrates and Pelagius - the teaching based on complete self-knowledge
and the belief in and affirmation of the goodness of man. The question
posed by all the authors I examine is whether it is possible for one to
realize his or her American Dream and, at the same time, remain loyal to
one's inner self.
RAT I DEMOKRATIJA - IZDAJA POJEDINCA
U KOMADIMA STIVA TEŠIĆA
Stiv Tešić je samo jedan od savremenih književnika (pored Vendersa, Edrijen
Rič, Rejba) koji je istraživao kako kultura čini nasilje, rat i surovost
neizbežnim. Svrha ovog rada jeste da se ispitaju posledice takve prakse
u okviru zapadne kulture (naročito u Americi), gde dolazi do uništavanja
ljudskog potencijala i da se vidi da li je moguće da se zapadna kultura
vrati učenju Sokrata i Pelagija - učenju koje se zasniva na potpunoj samospoznaji,
afirmaciji i veri u dobrotu čoveka. Pitanje koje postavljaju svi autori
pomenuti u radu je da li je moguće da dođe do ostvarenja Američkog sna
i da se, pritom, ne izdaju osnovni principi ljudskosti.
