Open AccessBosniaks and Bosnia: A Study in the Philosophy of Politics (1)
Author(s) -
Ferid Muhić
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
illuminatio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-133X
pISSN - 2712-1321
DOI - 10.52510/sia.v1i1.5
Subject(s) - bosnian , nationality , state (computer science) , political science , politics , premise , civilization , context (archaeology) , european union , nation state , national consciousness , sociology , law , political economy , history , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , algorithm , immigration , computer science , business , economic policy
In this article, the author suggestively points to the importance of understanding the concept of nation and the state in the context of the European philosophical thought and practice regarding the nation and the state.
Although the occasion is about the Bosniak/Bosnian nation and the Bosnian state, the author’s reflections are applicable to all groups similar to the Bosniak/Bosnain nation, as well as to all the states similar to the Bosnian state. The basic premise of this article is that the idea of a universal nationality, culture and civilisation does not oppose or negate the particular feeling or the subjective experience of either the nationality or the state.
The membership of European Union does not detract the right for any nation in Europe of the right to cultivate and develop its national culture as well as its particular state consciousness. In fact, in the extent of which every nation and every state in Europe has an active awareness of its national and cultural specific value, gives Europe, indeed – the European Union strong and important role in the global community. Hence, the Bosniaks/Bosnians, both as a nation and a state (nation) have no need to withdraw, but rather have the historical opportunity to feature their specific Bosnian culture and Bosnian state as a richness worthy of appreciation, not only in Europe, but also in the world.