{"id":130771,"date":"2021-03-09T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ffos.unios.hr\/science-portal\/aesthetics-laboratory-of-the-faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences\/o-estlab-u\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:50:11","slug":"about-estlab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ffos.unios.hr\/en\/science-portal\/aesthetics-laboratory-of-the-faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences\/about-estlab\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name of the association (in Croatian): Esteti\u010dki laboratorij Filozofskog fakulteta Osijek (EstLab)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name of the association (in English): Aesthetic Laboratory of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek<\/em> (aEstLab)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registered office of the association: Osijek, Republic of Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of the Founding Assembly:<\/strong> 23 March 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

President of the association: Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n

Governing body of the association: Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107, Marijan Krivak, Boris Bosan\u010di\u0107,<\/strong> Davorin \u0106uti<\/strong><\/p>\n

The original idea of an aesthetic laboratory developed alongside a concept conceived at the University of Skopje in the mid-20th century by the Croatian philosopher Pavao Vuk-Pavlovi\u0107 (1894\u20131976). It represents a modern exploration of the possibilities arising from the multiple connections between philosophy and art. Among these, the educational role of art proves particularly fruitful from a theoretical perspective, a role which, it seems, has still not been sufficiently examined, let alone exhausted. According to Vuk-Pavlovi\u0107, the meaning and justification of philosophy as a foundation for efforts concerned with the human condition lies not only \u201cin the service of the development of individual cultural functions\u201d, but primarily in determining that living essence of the world which reaches into the very core of the human need to create and, consequently, to express oneself creatively in a lasting manner. Such meaning, Vuk-Pavlovi\u0107 argues, encompasses both reality and value and \u201caffirms, within the \u2018meaningful\u2019, the belonging of a particular essence to the being of beings\u201d. Aesthetics, as a comprehensive philosophical discourse of art (and about art), in accordance with such an understanding of the meaning and justification of philosophy, communicates and reveals the versatility of artistic creation, which is nothing other than the setting-itself-to-work of truth (Heidegger). As a particular result, this is repeatedly manifested in culture through countless possibilities of understanding the human world as reason.<\/p>\n

Yet, in the spiritual situation of the age in which we live, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish culture from ideologically prescribed patterns of behaviour, while exposing the connections and mechanisms of domination inherent in them belongs to the task of philosophy. Adorno and Horkheimer long ago rightly termed this comprehensive imposed relationship between ideology and culture the culture industry<\/em>, which represents an unparalleled regression of the so-called enlightened self-consciousness. This is most evident in the commercialisation of aesthetic creations. It appears increasingly plausible that today technology alone governs the aesthetics of mass consumption which, as the reverse side of ubiquitous consumerism, inevitably concerns the global shaping of contemporary culture as well.<\/p>\n

With all this in mind, the future aesthetic laboratory would, through its activities, partly encompass practical seminar-based teaching within philosophy courses such as aesthetics<\/em>, philosophy of film<\/em>, philosophy of literature<\/em>, and methods of teaching philosophy<\/em>, as well as a range of other academic disciplines closely connected with the themes of this field of the humanities. Equipped with appropriate multimedia resources, the aesthetic laboratory would, through carefully designed workshops and academic and professional gatherings, focus on the philosophical reflection of contemporary cultural and artistic phenomena, particularly those related to digital and information technology, whose overall effects on human beings clearly still require proper evaluation. To paraphrase Nietzsche, we \u201chave\u201d art so that we may, at least to some extent, endure the truth.<\/p>\n

Assoc. Prof. Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107, PhD
\nHead of EstLab<\/p>\n

EstLab Sections<\/h3>\n

Dija-Logos<\/strong><\/a>
\nphilosophical readings
\nmoderators: Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107 and Marijan Krivak<\/p>\n

Film Philosophy<\/strong><\/a>
\nreviews, screenings and discussions about films
\nmoderators: Marijan Krivak and Davorin \u0106uti<\/p>\n

Literary Club<\/strong><\/a>
\nliterary readings and discussions
\nmoderators: \u017deljko Senkovi\u0107, Boris Bosan\u010di\u0107 and Marijan Krivak<\/p>\n

Music Section<\/strong><\/a>
\nreviews, listening sessions and concerts
\nmoderators: Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107, Marijan Krivak and Boris Bosan\u010di\u0107<\/p>\n

Technosphere<\/strong><\/a>
\nreviews and discussions
\nmoderators: Milijana Mi\u010dunovi\u0107, Davorin \u0106uti and Boris Bosan\u010di\u0107<\/p>\n

EstLab Radio<\/strong><\/a>
\nprogrammes and series
\nmoderator: Bo\u0161ko Pe\u0161i\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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