prognosemaker

@ politico.eu Next year on February 16, Lithuania will celebrate its 100th anniversary of its independence. In the sense of the state life this is not a long period of time. Between 1917 and 1918 Lithuanians, and all the Baltic nations, were very favourable. World War I was taking place, Lithuania was occupied by Germany, Latvia was divided between the two warring parties. Why was it success for Baltic ? Both warlords were tired of a long war. The pretext for completing it has already been. In Russia has taken place February Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II repudiated the throne and was established Russian republic. In November 1917 , Bolsheviks committed a military coup. When the civil war began in Russia. Lenin has announced the nations right to self-determination. Lithuania , on the background of all these parapets, declares its independence  on February 16, 1918. The independence was recognised by Germany in 1918 March 23, but with some reservations. The unconditional recogni...

I just recently heard that Zygmund Bauman has died.  He was born in 1925 in Poland, was professor of sociology at Leeds University, head of department. He was interested in many topics. Fascinated me their insights about modernity. He was perhaps the only sociologist who admired me.  It was the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas where the first time I have meet him, not personally, but his works. Later, in 2007 the University gave him an honorary doctorate. One time at the meeting with journalists he sad  “I am not a prophet”. It would be some misunderstanding to call philosopher a prophet. Despite this the professor liked to carry away and analyse, and this thinking’s you can call almost prophetic. He was productive, has written more than fifty books. He called to look to his ideas as a test. To show possible consequences of the present processes. The same thing hooked me and I started to go deeper in my studies. But let’s go back to the professor.   ...