Krishterimi ka qenë feja e parë që përqafuan shqiptarët pas paganizmit, para më shumë se dymijë vjetësh. Si në shumë vende të Mesdheut, ai hodhi rrënjë nga apostujt e dishepujt e tyre që në periudhën apostolike1. Por, me ndarjen e Perandorisë Romake në të Perëndimit e të Lindjes, edhe Kisha u nda në…

Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore bullgaro-shqiptare janë hulumtuar nga shumë studiues, që janë marrë kryesisht me të folmen e Mandricës dhe me gjuhën e rilindësve shqiptarë në Bullgari, nga njëra anë, dhe nga ana tjetër mund të themi se dominojnë hulumtimet mbi ndikimin e elementeve prej bullgarishtes në gjuh…

Poezia dygjuhëshe në traditën letrare shqiptare, sidomos ajo shqip-italisht, zhvilluar në rrethana specifike të rrezikut historik të bjerrjes, ka kryer në rrafsh të gjuhës letrare atë funksion të ruajtjes dhe zgjerimit që gjuha e folur pati kryer në vazhdimësi në zonat apo qarqet kulturore kufitare …

The attitude to corruption and the perception of it (as well as the acceptance or rejection of corruption) depends largely on the customs and traditions in a particular country, with the causes of corruption deriving from the political, economic, social conditions of a particular country and from th…

This paper is an essay on the problematic of the globalization of political power and on the increased relevance of institutions in contexts of multifaceted populism. A case study of the Portuguese justice system was used to illustrate the arguments presented. First, the Troika intervention in Portu…

This study examines how the media and journalists are used in lobbying processes. To explore the topic a systematic review of the literature in peer-reviewed journals published between January 2000 to June 2018 was undertaken. The findings of this paper indicate that lobbyists and interest groups en…

The constant technological changes and its impact in the labor force are causing a domino effect that can change corporate culture, laws and workers in upcoming years. The importance of Artificial Intelligence for companies is also a mayor subject that may cause conflicts among cities around the wor…

Digital facilities are changing the way companies market to consumers. The use of smartphones and what we called Internet of Things (IoT) are changing the way citizens consume. In this article we perform a cross-country panel data study to analyze how the implementation of business Internet use for …

As a result of many years of reading about and teaching Max Weber’s famous Protestant Ethic thesis, I have developed an approach to covering this material in both my undergraduate and graduate theory courses which has been beneficial to students and has helped them make sense of the rather complex a…

The present paper aims at exploring the relation between organisms (Life) and environments (Earth), and at showing that nowadays we need new conceptual categories to account for such a relation. Over the last thirty years, indeed, the boundaries of what is meant by “environment” and “organisms” have…

A delightful scientific journal which, since its birth in Albania, has quickly learned the ways of the world, bringing Balkan matters and issues abroad, to the East as well as to the West, but also conversely, making known in the Land of Eagles which were the main topics of reflection and study, suc…

Religion is a powerful phenomenon arising in and from society. Various efforts have been done to understand religion as a natural phenomenon, which could be framed in the language of science. In this paper, I forward a sui generis approach to the naturality of religion, where religion is explained a…