An Important Contribution to Contemporary Sociology of Social Change Ljubiša Mitrović, Sociological Marginalia on Contemporary Topics (Reviews on Contemporary Sociology), Novi Sad: Prometej, 2019, 252 pp

• Published in: Sociološki preglad Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1449 - 1458
• Main Author: Stanojević, Nenad M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Sociological Society 2020; Српско социолошко друштво
• Subjects: Social development; Social differentiation; Social Norms / Social Control; Social Sciences; Social Theory; Sociology; the university crisis; social and humanistic sciences; the contemporary left; contemporary sociology
• ISSN: 0085-6320; 2560-4880

The paper gives an overview of the monograph Sociological Marginalia on Contemporary Topics (Reviews on Contemporary Sociology) by Ljubiša Mitrović, PhD. The first part of the paper presents the structure of the monograph. The units of the monograph are analyzed and presented. The author starts from the crisis of social and humanistic sciences, with special reference to the sociology crisis and the importance of intellectuals in the contemporary society. Then the position of the contemporary left is examined. In the end, the most important and current contributions, in our opinion, are shown on contemporary topics. The conclusion is that the monograph represents a contribution to contemporary sociology of social change.