Činioci i mehanizmi očuvanja i afirmacije srpske strateške kulture

Abstract

The paper discusses the issue of preservation and affirmation of the Serbian strategic culture with the aim of identifying some of the key factors and mechanisms that influence its articulation. As national culture represents a broader ideational basis of strategic culture, the case of the Serbian nation points to certain factors of national culture (literary heritage, history and geography) that determine the access to the issues of the use of force and war. When it comes to social institutions that have an impact on the education and behavior of individuals, and thus on preservation and affirmation of strategic culture, according to the criterion of contribution in this field, educational and media institutions are the most important. Therefore, the subject of this paper consists of presenting the way of articulating these factors of the Serbian strategic culture through educational and media institutions. The consideration of the role of these institutions also includes the presentation of the results of the research on the state of security culture among young people in the Republic of Serbia. The significance of this research stems from the fact that, among other things, it provides insights into the attitudes of high school students regarding the contributions of educational and media institutions in understanding security issues.