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…

In his works the American philosopher Willard van Quine constantly rejects the analytic/synthetic distinction claiming that it is not justified. This happens because, in his opinion, human statements about the external world face the tribunal of experience not individually but as a corporate body, w…

Diverse from the Erasmus program, amongst other EU international interactions, Humanitarian and Developmental initiatives resulting in Nation Branding is a field that is hardly explored. This paper has tried to analyze the concept of supra-nation branding through the EU humanitarian and development …

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 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…

Every time we mention the word “Science”, an inner debate, which very soon breaks the borders of our mental schemas, comes out, and becomes the dispute topic. Why is science for and what is science for? The hermetical vision of science, which in different ages of human story testified on how easily,…

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…

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…

Edhe pse jemi një nga popujt që kemi jetuar në brigjet e Mesdheut për mijëra vite, jemi ndoshta të vetmit mesdhetarë që pothuajse nuk i kemi lëvruar studimet e historisë detare. Duket në  fakt e pabesueshme se sa pak studime mbi detin janë ndërmarrë nga shkenca shqiptare në përgjithësi dhe nga …

Trajtimi i ngjarjeve të mëdha politike që kanë ndodhur në një periudhë jo të largët të zhvillimeve historike dhe të përpjekjeve kombëtare shqiptare për çlirim nga pushtuesi  sllavo-komunist, për çdo studiues  është  një  proces  hulumtues  i  mundimshëm dhe përgjegjësi e madhe intelektuale.  Paraqit…

Përhapja e islamit në Shqipëri vazhdon të mbetet një nga problemet historike,  sociale  dhe  fetare  që  tërheq  vëmendjen e studiuesve. Debatet akademike ndahen në parashtrimin e problemit nëse feja islame në Shqipëri ka qenë një konvertim vullnetar apo i imponuar&nbsp…

Lidhja e myslimanëve të Ballkanit dhe islamit me turqit osmanë është aq e fortë, saqë emrin “turq” për myslimanët e kanë  përdorur jo vetëm jomyslimanët në Ballkan, por edhe myslimanët  vetë, deri vonë, madje me një dozë krenarie. Për shekuj të tërë,  miqtë dhe armiqtë i kanë perceptu…