Issue 1
In This Issue
Ivo Šlaus
Human Capital, its Self-Augmenting Growth and Individuality
Human and social capital are the true wealth of humankind, currently grossly underutilized. In this paper, interrelations of various forms of capital are presented and the historical development of human and social capital is traced. Evidence for self-augmentation of human capital and conditions affecting its development are given.
Lead Articles
Human Capital, its Self-Augmenting Growth and Individuality
The Human and social capital are the true wealth of humankind, currently grossly underutilized. Interrelations of various forms of capital ...
Abdus Salam (1926-1996) - more than a Nobel Laureate
"There must be possibilities for a scientist to remain in his own land, meet people working on the same subject, and learn new ideas. We must change ...
Study of Individuality & Social Evolution in Literature
Science unravels the universe and empowers man. Technology has made life easier and is continuing to make the inconceivable possible. ...
Winston Nagan and Aitza Haddad
Individuality, Humanism & Human Rights
Our article emphasizes the essential role of the individual as a transformative agent in society and the demand by individuals as essential ...
Looking for a New Alchemy: from Lead of Information to Gold of Knowledge
There is a general agreement about the main characteristic of the contemporary ways of progress. Knowledge is unanimously recognized as its driving ...
The success of humans as a species is due to our genius for cooperation. Cultural evolution, a new form of evolution, in which information ispassed between generations in the form of linguistic symbols ...
Garry Jacobs and Winston P.Nagan
Values are not merely utopian ideals or empty platitudes. They represent the distilled quintessence of accumulated human experience regarding the foundations for stable social existence and ...
Saulo Casali Bahia and Craig Hammer
Returning to Vico: Role of Individual in Investigation of Social Sciences
This article deals with the discussion about the extent to which methods of investigation of natural sciences can be cross applied to the social sciences, ...
Humanity is in the process of evolving from collective uniformity to increasing individual variation and diversity. This movement has gained impetus from the growing recognition that the overall strength ...
The concept of Individuality takes its rightful place at the far or highest end of a progression that begins externally, superficially with social conformity of manners and proceeds through successive stages...
A History of the Individual in European Culture
We are the children of our land and the concept of individuality is shaped by the history of our culture. In this exercise there are two preliminary remarks ...
Secretariat of the Soul and Certainty
The quest of science over the past several centuries has been to replace the no longer sacred truths of religion with a new source of verifiable and authentic knowledge ...
Mirjana Markovic and Dusan Markovic
New Model of Education: Individuality through Freedom of Learning
Meeting new challenges calls for new priorities in education. It means an interactive style and education based on individual needs and ...
In the following article, he presents his view on the subject as an artist and educationist. His article is an abridged version of his Chuter Ede lecture, delivered on March 30, 1965, at Hamilton House, London ...
Saša Popović and Ljudmila Popović
Economics of Dignity: Growing People from Consumers to Members
According to Richard Easterlin's paradox, laid out in his "The Economics of Happiness," material wealth does not necessarily guarantee and equate with a sense ...
Having enjoyed a leading academic position, the Humanities have increasingly been on the defensive against the dominant and unified natural sciences. In this situation, what could unify the Humanities ...