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Atanas Damyanov, Margarita Marinova
In Search of Ideas for Development of the New Workforce
Summary:
The research consists two parts.
The first part reviews in a nutshell the civilizational and religious factor and the extent to which ensures direct and indirect prerequisites for development of the human potential. In the second part the emphasis is put on Generation „Y” which is the new workforce and differs markedly from the preceding generations.
A proposal for creation of academic talent incubators is put forth. The paper also provides a review of the possibilities for integration of creativity in the intangible corporate assets.
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Nonka Bogomilova
Religious Strands in the Capitalist Spirit and in the Western Civilization: Max Weber
Summary:
The author analyzes Max Weber’s approach to religion as part of the German sociologist’s general theoretical task: the analysis of the distinctive features of Western Civilization. In this theoretical perspective the article examines Weber’s approach to the other world religions (in the studies on the economic ethics of world religions) and specifically his comparisons between them and the formation and values of Western civilization. Weber involves religion in seeking the answer to his “network of questions” (R. Bendix); religion appears as the moral component influencing the “worldly” behaviour of individuals as members of a particular status group. The article presents Weber’s interpretation of the great religious systems, which was centred on the status groups of religious leaders; this approach is a challenge to the Marxian interpretation of religion as merely a reflection and product of economic relations in society. One other important element of Weber’s self-reflecting method is also stressed: the fact that he examined religions separately, not as part of an interconnected historical chain and in consecutive order, as Toynbee would later do. The article examines in a critical light the frequent overemphasizing in literature of the role Weber assigned to religion for the birth of the capitalist spirit. The interaction between material factors and interests, and spiritual ideas and incentives characterizes the essence of Weber’s approach to the analysis of social phenomena: the birth and specific features of capitalism and the particularities of Western Civilization.
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Karim Naama
Private Property in Terms of the Thinker Ibn Khaldun (1331-1406)
Summary:
Form of ownership became a real important aspect of modern economic system, one of the most influential forces determining the further course of development of our planet. It affects all areas of public life, including economic, political, social, culture, ecology and others.
In the face of private ownership, some experts see a serious threat to the economic system and other means for the future progress of the global economy. The positive impact of private ownership is associated with the effect of competition to which it inevitably leads and negative effects - in potential conflict.
