Vol 9, No 1, 2010 pp. 23-35
UDC 316:929 Jovanović V.
VLADIMIR JOVANOVIĆ ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF SERBIAN SOCIETY IN HIS "MEMORIES"
Ljubinko Milosavljević
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia
Email: ljubinkom@filfak.ni.ac.rs
In his "Memories" ["Uspomene"], a memoir book that had remained unpublished until relatively recently (1988), Vladimir Jovanović, in the opinion of the author of this paper, created a unique representation of the transformation of the Serbian society in the second half of the 20th century. As an intellectual involved in politics (he participated in the well-known session of the St. Andrea Assembly in 1885), and as a politician among intellectuals, Jovanović developed his socio-political and socio-historical views by considering the "folk forces and virtues" to be the key factors of social transformation and of achieving national goals, but also critically evaluated the often pernicious impact of foreign influence. Despite being open to modern ideas, above all those emerging in the West, this liberal patriot, as he referred to himself and to others holding similar views, Jovanović had no grudge against traditional national values. Quite the contarary - he thought of them as the "corner-stone of Serbian power and skill".
Key words:Vladimir Jovanović, historical sociologist, political sociologist, social changes, Serbian society.
VLADIMIR JOVANOVIĆ O PREOBRAŽAJIMA SRPSKOG DRUŠTVA U SVOJIM USPOMENAMA
Vladimir Jovanović je u svojim Uspomenama, memoarskom štivu objavljenom tek 1988. godine, po autoru ovog rada, stvorio osobenu sliku preobražaja srpskog društva tokom druge polovine 19. veka. Intelektualac u političkim poslovima, u koje je bio uključen još od Svetoandrejske skupštine 1885. godine, ali i političar među intelektualcima, Jovanović je stvarao svoje sociološko-političke i sociološko-istorijske poglede tako što je glavnim činiocima društvenih preobražaja smatrao "narodne sile i vrline" kojima se ostvaruju nacionalni ciljevi, ali pri tom nije previđao ni opaku moć stranih uticaja. Otvoren za moderne ideje, pre svega za one koje su se rađale na Zapadu, ovaj liberalni patriota, kako je nazivao sebe i svoje bliskomišljenike, nije osećao nikakvu odbojnost prema tradicionalnim nacionalnim vrednostima, naprotiv, smatrao ih je "osnovom snage i veštine srpske".
Ključne reči: Vladimir Jovanović, sociolog istorije, sociolog politike, društvene promene, srpsko društvo
