Vol 5, No 1, 2006 pp. 9-16
UDC 331.468
THE GEOPOLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL
ASPECTS
OF THE TRANSITION PROCESS OF A REGION:
FROM THE BALKANS TOWARDS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
Ljubiša Mitrović
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš
ljubisa@filfak.ni.ac.yu
The contemporary Balkan region is in the process of transition.The
Balkan region has a controversial transition identity, it is at the
crossroads torn between retraditionalization and modernization. The
future of the Balkans does not lie in retailoring the past and
conflicts but in the search for a modern development formula, mutual
cooperation and integration with Europe and the world. The Balkan
peoples in the 21st century are faced with the necessity to discard the
devastating ideological doctrines of blood and land and the blind faith
in the omnipotence of weapons and to turn towards the future, to the
new strategy based on the fact that only through economic development
and democracy they will be able to realize their life interests, their
social and cultural progress. The author believes in the possibility
and future of the unity of the Balkan peoples on a new development and
civilization platform whose very center is the culture of peace, social
partnership for development and integration, mutual confidence and the
cooperation with the world at large.
Key words: Balkan, transition,
development, geoculture.
GEOPOLITIČKI I SOCIOLOŠKI ASPEKTI
TRANZICIJE JEDNOG REGIONALNOG PROSTORA:
OD BALKANA KA JUGOISTOČNOJ EVROPI
Savremeni Balkan nalazi se u procesu tranzicije. On ima protivrečan
tranzitorni identitet; nalazi se na raskršću, razapet između
retradicionalizacije i modernizacije. Budućnost Balkana ne leži u
prekrajanju prošlosti i sukobima, već u traganju za modernom formulom
razvoja, međusobne saradnje i integracije sa Evropom i svetom.
Balkanskim narodima u 21. veku predstoji da se odreknu pogubnih
ideoloških doktrina krvi i tla, zabludne vere u svemoć oružja, da se
okrenu budućnosti: novoj strategiji – da jedino putem ekonomskog
razvoja i demokratije mogu da ostvaruju svoje životne interese,
socijalni i kulturni napredak. Autor veruje – u mogućnost i budućnost
ujedinjavanja balkanskih naroda na novoj razvojnoj i civilizacijskoj
platformi, u čijem središtu su: kultura mira, socijalno partnerstvo za
razvoj i integraciju, međusobno poverenje i saradnja sa svetom.
Ključne reči: Balkan,
tranzicija, razvoj, geokultura
