Slavko Kulić (born 21 August 1941) is a

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and

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concerned with the

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. Kulić was born in Razvođe,

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Business and Economics at the

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, and made postgraduate studies in philosophy,

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, economics, law and sociology in

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, Belgrade and

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. He made study visits to the

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, the former

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, China and

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on the sociology of international relations, especially

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(peace studies) and polemology (war studies) in the context of international relations. He was made senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics in

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in 1970, and later became head respectively of the Institute's Department for International Relations, Department for Strategic Research, and Department of Supradisciplinary Research for existence and development of life on the planet Earth. He has been President of the Scientific Society of the Economists of Croatia since 2004. Kulić advocates what he calls a "globalisation of humanism and morals, as opposed to a globalisation of violence and profit in the world" about which he has written and spoken in Croatia. He has participated in more than 150 international scientific conferences and symposia on the sociology of international relations, including political, economical, legal, social and military discussions.

Selected scientific works and books

Globalizacija, kvartalni kapitalizam i njegove refleksije na hrvatsko društvo - problem transparentnosti kapital odnosa u hrvatskom gospodarstvu i društvu - Globalisation, quartal capitalism and its reflection to croatian society
Zagreb, 2006.
Neoliberalizam kao socijaldarvinizam - Neoliberalism as socialdarwinismPrometej
Zagreb, 2004. * Kvartalni kapitalizam i njegovi dometi na tlu Hrvatske: Globalizacija u Hrvatskoj i Hrvatska u globalizaciji - Quartal capitalism and its achievements in Croatia: Globalisation in Croatia and Croatia in Globalisation, Knjižnica “Kritika”, Zagreb, 2003.

Zagreb, 2002. * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070314094653/http://www.portalalfa.com/slavko_kulic/lazna_zora_globalizacije.htm/ Lažna zora globalizacije Ekonomski institut Zagreb, 2000. * Što je to samosvijest suvremenog svijeta? Tolerancija nasilja i zlouporaba moći u vrijeme mira - What is consciousness of the modern world? Tolerance of violence and abuse of power in times of peace, Collected lectures, EIZ, Zagreb, 1999.
Dijalog o nacizmu i globalizaciji
Zagreb – Salzburg – Paris, izdanje “Adamić”, Rijeka, 1998. * Nužnost rekonstitucije hrvatskog društva i države, EIZ, Zagreb, 1998. * Strategija nasilja kao strategija razvoja - Strategy of violence as development strategy, “Naprijed”, Zagreb, 1996. * Kritičko teorijski osvrt na ekonomsku i političku strukturu nove Europe, IDP, Revijalno izdanje, Zagreb, 1992. * Znanstveno tehnološka revolucija za koga? - Scientific and technological revolution: for whom?, Jugoart, Zagreb – Beograd, 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kulic, Slavko 1941 births Living people People from Promina, Croatia 20th-century Croatian economists Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb alumni 21st-century Croatian economists Yugoslav economists