Komšić Jovan: Refleksije velikog propadanja: srpske tranzicione "elite" - od rata do mira i nazad (1987-2024)

Jovan Komšić: Reflections of the Great Decay: Serbian Transitional "Elites" - From War to Peace and Back (1987-2024)

"In a sociological thriller, Komšić introduces us to the dynamics of the catastrophe. There is a lot of "state reason" and "decisionism" - those magic wands of Karl Šmit, which are refracted through the "rehistory" of Dobrica Ćosić and its derivatives... Komšić is on the right track that The "AB revolution", with all the favorable historical heritage as a condition of illumination, is quite unique and still insufficiently understood... This is an instructive study. It can also be said to be cathartic."

Zoran Panović, sociologist

"The topic of the study "Reflections of Great Decay" has been written before... never before in such a systematic way, as Komšić did... People from the profession will say more about the methodology and scope... I will end this note with a paraphrase of a sentence from the Revelation of Komšić's namesake, Jovan: "Whoever reads this book, in the mouth to him it will be sweet as honey, but in his bowels it will be bitter as diapers." But for those who read it, it will be even more bitter, and they will not know why it is bitter."

Svetislav Basara, writer

"The writer is explicit: the crisis of the concept precedes the crisis of reality. It is not language conditioned by reality, but precisely the language of decay that prepares the ruin itself... Komšić's discussion is especially important, in which, on the one hand, he patiently breaks down the positions of Karl Šmit, the creator of the Nuremberg Laws. On the other hand, he didn't hate (because Komšić knows where the theoretical treasure is hidden) to read the inconsolably boring political opinions of Dobrica Ćosić and interpret them in a Schmitian key."

Dr. Ivan Milenković, philosopher

"The extremely important book by Jovan Komšić is characterized by a high level of consistency and consistency, and - what is of particular importance - a clear and legible writing style, which is makes it accessible to a wider educated public, including, I believe, the young generations, for whom the excerpts, facts and arguments contained in it should have an enlightening and sobering effect... With this book, Komšić affirmed the idea of political theory as a necessary weapon for a better world, and the identity of truth as the homeland of one's own soul."

Prof. Lino Veljak, PhD, philosopher, ed. member of IANU BiH